"El objetivo que se ha perseguido con esta antologÃa es el de presentar el desarrollo histórico del cine mexicano durante 80 años, asà como también el de dar a conocer la riqueza de los temas y géneros que caracteriza la producción cinematográfi ca de México, desde sus principios hasta las
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realizaciones más recientes. Al panorama que se ofrece aquà han contribuido 31 artÃculos dedicados a obras claves y emblemáticas. Cada uno de ellos vincula un análisis detallado con los contextos polÃticos, sociales, culturales y estéticos que infl uyen en las respectivas pelÃculas. La fase que abarcan en general va desde la llamada Edad de Oro, pasando por las décadas de los setenta y ochenta —marcadas por una profunda crisis económica y artÃstica—, y los inicios de un nuevo cine independiente, en los años noventa, hasta llegar, fi nalmente, a los éxitos internacionales a partir del 2000. Tales tendencias y caracterÃsticas del cine mexicano se presentan a la luz de varios paradigmas metodológicos e históricos, entre los cuales se hallan la sociologÃa y el psicoanálisis, las ciencias culturales y los estudios de género. AsÃ, entre contextualizaciones históricas, el lector encontrará también nuevos enfoques teóricos, conclusiones y observaciones que podrá profundizar con selecciones de bibliografÃas sobre las pelÃculas analizadas, con informaciones sobre sus directores, guionistas y actores, y en algunos casos, además, con aspectos relacionados con la producción y la recepción." (Introducción)
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"Small Cinemas in Global Markets addresses aspects such as identity, revisiting the past, internationalized genres, new forms of experimental cinema, markets and production, as well as technological developments of alternative small screens that open new perspectives into small cinema possibilities.
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Small and big markets for small industries reveal an unimagined diversification of the cultural product and consequently the need to analyze the impact at local, regional, and global levels. Much needed to continue and expand the existing scholarship in the field, this volume is based on research by authors who approach their subject from Western theoretical perspectives with a professional (mostly native) knowledge of the language, cultural realities, and film industry practices. It covers aspects from fifteen different countries, including Bolivia, Brazil, China (Hong Kong), Croatia, East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda), Greece, Indonesia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Morocco, and the United States. Since both film and documentary distribution from certain areas of the globe on international markets remains problematic, it is important for the academic field to discuss and circulate them as much as possible, and to create the basis for further exploration." (Publisher description)
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"Talvez este seja o momento de voltarmos os nossos olhos para a cinematografia em Cabo Verde, paÃs que conta com apenas duas salas de cinema, pois, mesmo olhando de longe, eu venho observando desde o Brasil, há algumas tantas ações que demonstram um esforço para implantação e consolidação d
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a sétima arte no paÃs, e todos sabemos o enorme esforço necessário para, à s vezes, conquistar pequenos resultados. De qualquer forma vale ressaltar algumas destas iniciativas, tanto oficiais, quanto particulares: festivais, associações, escolas de cinema, entre outros." (Resumo)
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"A produção cinematográfica em Moçambique depende de um sistema de produção muito frágil ancorado em apoios externos. A deficiente rede de distribuição e de difusão, e a escassez de salas, não permitem que o cinema moçambicano tenha grande visibilidade. Fora dos circuitos dos festivais,
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dos congressos e das universidades, este cinema é praticamente desconhecido. Divulgar o trabalho dos cineastas moçambicanos, compreender o contexto e as condições em que filmam, e refletir acerca do olhar destes sobre o mundo que os rodeia, são os principais objetivos desta apresentação. Neste sentido, pretende-se, por isso, fazer uma leitura transversal da história do cinema contemporâneo em Moçambique, convocando para a discussão os realizadores LicÃnio Azevedo, Sol de Carvalho, José Cardoso, João Ribeiro, Pipas Forjaz e Mikey Fonseca." (Resumo)
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"In Südafrika gibt es seit 120 Jahren Kino und Filmproduktionen. Die südafrikanische Filmindustrie zählt zur ältesten weltweit. Bereits 1895 zog das erste Kinetoscope in Johannesburg Zuschauer an. Jahrzehntelang von der Ideologie des burischen Nationalismus dominiert, muss sich die heutige Films
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zene Südafrikas gegen Massenware aus Hollywood behaupten." (Seite 35)
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"Following China's accession to the WTO in 2001, personal and collective experiences of changing social conditions have added new dimensions to the increasingly diverse Sinophone media landscape, and provided a novel complement to the existing edifice of blockbusters, documentaries, and auteur cultu
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re. The numerous 'iGeneration' productions and practices examined in this volume include 3D and IMAX films, experimental documentaries, animation, visual aides-mémoires, and works of pirated pastiche. Together, they bear witness to the emergence of a new Chinese cinema characterized by digital and, trans-media representational strategies, the blurring of private/public distinctions, and dynamic reinterpretations of the very notion of 'cinema' itself." (Publisher description)
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"The first in-depth, comprehensive study of Korean cinema offering original insight into the relationships between ideology and the art of cinema from East Asian perspectives. Combines issues of contemporary Korean culture and cinematic representation of the society and people in both North and Sout
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h Korea. Covers the introduction of motion pictures in 1903, Korean cinema during the Japanese colonial period (1910-45) and the development of North and South Korean cinema up to the 1990s. Introduces the works of Korea’s major directors, and analyses the Korean film industry in terms of film production, distribution and reception. Based on this historical analysis, the study investigates ideological constructs in seventeen films, eight from North Korea and nine from South Korea." (Publisher description)
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"Este artÃculo tiene el objetivo de articular una lectura que, sentando un estado de la cuestión del cine boliviano de los últimos 50 años, aborde el análisis de la tradición a partir de la herramienta de la comparación entre obras. A partir del trazado de un mapa de hitos, configurado desde
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la lectura de la historia y la crÃtica de cine en las últimas cinco décadas en Bolivia, el texto planteará el encuentro de piezas que abren nuevos sentidos en la construcción y discusión de las tensiones culturales e identitarias en el paÃs, eje primordial del cine boliviano. Piezas que se cuestionan una a otra en cuanto a temáticas o estéticas, o pelÃculas distanciadas polÃtica, cultural o temporalmente, serán analizadas de forma comparada, con la finalidad de analizar la trascendencia, la transformación, el desplazamiento y la reconfiguración de la tradición y sus sentidos culturales, sociales y polÃticos. Se trata de enriquecer la mirada sobre el cine boliviano y su tradición con la incorporación de nuevas maneras de mirar y abordar las preocupaciones insistentes." (Abstract)
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"This book focuses on eight films by some of the nation's best-known directors, including Man of Ashes (1986), Bezness (1992), and Making Of (2006) by Nouri Bouzid, Halfaouine (1990) by Férid Boughedir, The Silences of the Palace (1994) by Moufida Tlatli, Essaïda (1997) by Mohamed Zran, Bedwin Hac
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ker (2002) by Nadia El Fani, and The TV Is Coming (2006) by Moncef Dhouib. It explores the political economy and social, historical, and psychoanalytic dimensions of these works and the strategies filmmakers deployed to preserve cinema's ability to shape debates about national identity. These debates, the book argues, not only helped initiate the 2011 uprising that ousted Ben Ali's regime but also did much to inform and articulate the aspirations of the Tunisian people in the new millennium." (Publisher description)
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"Die Beiträge dieses Buches zeigen am Beispiel des ¡muestra! IberoAmerikanischen Filmfests in Passau, welche filmischen Schätze der Kulturraum zu bieten hat und wie diese im deutschsprachigen Raum rezipiert werden. Gleichzeitig dokumentieren sie die zwar junge, aber sehr erfolgreiche Festivalgesc
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hichte der Passauer ¡muestra!" (Buchrücken)
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"In this chapter, we have looked at how Buddhism and orality have been translated into film in Bhutan. We have argued, that cinema operates as a secondary oral medium, through the various rituals of production, distribution and consumption and, most significantly, at the level of story construction.
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Although Bhutan has a remarkably strong oral legacy, cinema and electronic media have undeniably changed its traditional narrative structure, re-mediating it and, in the process, creating new storytelling forms." (Conclusion, page 170)
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"After years of marginalization by academics in the Western world, Indian cinemas have moved from the periphery to the center of world cinema in a comparatively short space of time. Bringing together contributions from leading scholars in the field, this Handbook looks at the complex reasons for thi
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s remarkable journey. Combining an historical and thematic approach, the Handbook discusses how Indian cinemas need to be understood in their historical unfolding as well as their complex relationships to social, economic, cultural, political, ideological, aesthetic, technical and institutional discourses. The thematic section provides an up-to-date critical narrative on diverse topics such as audience, censorship, film distribution, film industry, diaspora, sexuality, film music and nationalism. The Handbook provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge survey of Indian cinemas, discussing Popular, Parallel/New Wave and Regional cinemas as well as the spectacular rise of Bollywood." (Publisher description)
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"African Video Movies and Global Desires is the first full-length scholarly study of Ghana's commercial video industry, an industry that has produced thousands of movies over the last twenty years and has grown into an influential source of cultural production. Produced and consumed under circumstan
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ces of dire shortage and scarcity, African video movies narrate the desires and anxieties created by Africa's incorporation into the global cultural economy. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research conducted in Ghana over a ten-year period, as well as close readings of a number of individual movies, this book brings the insights of historical context as well as literary and film analysis to bear on a range of movies and the industry as a whole. Garritano makes a significant contribution to the examination of gender norms and the ideologies these movies produce. African Video Movies and Global Desires is a historically and theoretically informed cultural history of an African visual genre that will only continue to grow in size and influence." (Publisher description)
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Esta obra presenta la situación del cine chileno antes del golpe de estado y las relaciones que se establecieron con Alemania, con personas e instituciones que se interesaron en preservar y difundir este acervo fÃlmico chileno en tiempos del régimen militar. Posteriormente, estos materiales regre
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saron a Chile en dos envÃos, en 1999 y en 2001, y constituyen hoy el núcleo de la colección de la Cineteca Nacional.
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