Film at the Intersection of High and Mass Culture
Samenvatting
Film at the Intersection of High and Mass Culture analyses the contradictions and interaction between high and low art, with particular reference to Hollywood and European cinema. Written in the essayistic speculative tradition of Walter Benjamin and Thedor Adorno, this study also includes analyses of several key films of the 1980s. Tracing the boundaries of such genres as film noir, science fiction and melodrama, it demonstrates how these genres were radically expanded by such film makers as Neil Jordan, Chris Marker and Georges Franju. This work also reflects on kitsch, the star system, racial and gender stereotypes and the nature of audience participation. While defining the conditions under which the symbiotic relationship between high and mass culture can be cross-fertilising, the study stresses their inevitably contradictory characteristics.
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Inhoudsopgave
Rubrieken
- cadeauboeken
- computer en informatica
- economie
- filosofie
- flora en fauna
- geneeskunde
- geschiedenis
- gezondheid
- jeugd
- juridisch
- koken en eten
- kunst en cultuur
- literatuur en romans
- mens en maatschappij
- naslagwerken
- non-fictie informatief/professioneel
- paramedisch
- psychologie
- reizen
- religie
- schoolboeken
- spiritualiteit
- sport, hobby, lifestyle
- thrillers en spanning
- wetenschap en techniek
- woordenboeken en taal
