Slums on screen : : world cinema and the planet of slums / / Igor Krstić.
A polycentric approach to the representation of slums in world cinemaNear to one billion people call slums their home, making it a reasonable claim to describe our world as a ‘planet of slums.’ But how has this hard and unyielding way of life been depicted on screen? How have filmmakers engaged hist...
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| Place / Publishing House: | [Place of publication not identified] : : Edinburgh University Press,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (295 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Slums on and off Screen
- Part One. Global Currents
- 2. Sensational Remediations
- 3. Documentary Mappings
- 4. Neorealist Narratives
- 5. Third Docufictions
- 6. Postmodern Bricolages
- 7. Digital Realisms
- Part Two. Local Expressions
- 8. Favelas on Screen
- 9. Bombay Cinema
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index