The Aesthetics and Politics of Cinematic Pedestrianism : : Walking in Films / / Asli Özgen.
The Aesthetics and Politics of Cinematic Pedestrianism: Walking in Films offers a rich exploration of the cinematic aesthetics that filmmakers devised to reflect the corporeal and affective experience of walking in the city. Drawing from literature in urban studies, film theory, and aesthetic philos...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Film Culture in Transition
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Cinematic Pedestrianism in the City -- 1. Moving Body, Moving Pictures: The Emergence of Cinematic Pedestrianism -- 2. The Flâneur as Filmmaker -- 3. The Flâneuse and the Aesthetics of the Female Gaze -- 4. A Wandering Eye: The Kino-Pedestrian -- 5. Walking amidst Ruins: A Pedestrian Cinema -- 6. Feminist Nomads: The Politics of Walking in Agnès Varda -- Cinematic Pedestrianism Afoot: A Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index |
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Summary: | The Aesthetics and Politics of Cinematic Pedestrianism: Walking in Films offers a rich exploration of the cinematic aesthetics that filmmakers devised to reflect the corporeal and affective experience of walking in the city. Drawing from literature in urban studies, film theory, and aesthetic philosophy, it is the first monograph to approach the history of cinema from the perspective of walking. A series of case studies providing nuanced analyses of widely referenced figures, such as the flaneur/flâneuse, vagabond, and nomad, reveal how filmmakers articulated their objection to repressive structures through depictions of walking: a common, everyday act yet transgressive, bold, and indomitable. Through the lens of Henri Lefebvre’s theory of space, Michel de Certeau’s concept of pedestrian acts, and Jacques Rancière’s treatment of the politics of aesthetics, Walking in Films traces how cinema evolved in conversation with the mobile body and the new images, styles, and techniques that emerged with it. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9789048553655 9783110767094 9783110767001 9783110993899 9783110994810 9783110993752 9783110993738 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9789048553655?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Asli Özgen. |