Neo-Baroques : : from Latin America to the Hollywood Blockbuster / / edited by Walter Moser, Angela Ndalianis, Peter Krieger.

• TeilnehmendeR: Moser, Walter, 1942-; Ndalianis, Angela, 1960-; Krieger, Peter, 1961-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Rodopi,, [2016]
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Postmodern Studies 55.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (339 pages).
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Introduction to Part 1 /; Meditations on the Baroque /; Reconsidering Metatheatricality: Towards a Baroque Understanding of Postdramatic Theatre /; Fabricating Film—The Neo-Baroque Folds of Claire Denis /; Baroque Affinities: Wölfflin, Visconti, the Baroque and the Films of Glauber Rocha /; Artist’s Essay—The Neo-Baroque and Complexity /; Introduction to Part 2 /; Afro-Caribbean Belief Systems and the Neo-Baroque Novel: The Duel of Faiths in Alejo Carpentier’s El reino de este mundo and Ludic Voodoo in Alfonso Quijada Urías’s Lujuria tropical /; Temporal and Local Transfers: The Neo-Baroque between Politics, Religion and Entertainment /; The Religious Shines through: Religious Remnants and Resurgences in 90s Cinema /; Artist’s Essay: Towers, Shipwrecks, and Neo-Baroque Allegories /; Introduction to Part 3 /; Symbolic Dimensions and Cultural Functions of the Neo-Baroque Balustrade in Contemporary Mexico City: An Alternative Learning from Las Vegas /; Mexico City’s Dissonant Modernity and the Marketplace Baroque: Salvador Novo’s Nueva grandeza mexicana and Bernardo de Balbuena’s La grandeza mexicana /; Baroque Theatricality and Scripted Spaces: From Movie Palace to Las Vegas Casinos /; Artist’s Essay: Post-digital Neo-Baroque: Reinterpreting Baroque Reality and Beauty in Contemporary Architectural Design /; Index /
• ISBN: 9004324356
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Walter Moser, Angela Ndalianis, Peter Krieger.

The Baroque is back in contemporary culture. The ten essays authored by international scholars, and three interventions by artists, examine the return of the baroque as Neo-Baroque through interdisciplinary perspectives. Understanding the Neo-Baroque as transcultural (between different cultures) and transhistorical (between historical moments) the contributors to this volume offer diverse perspectives that suggest the slipperiness of the Neo-Baroque may best be served by the term ‘Neo-Baroques’. Case studies analysed reflect this plurality and include: the productions of Belgian theatre company Abattoir Fermé; Claire Denis’ French New Extremist film Trouble Every Day ; the novel Lujuria tropical by exiled El Salvadorian Quijada Urias; the science fiction blockbuster spectacles The Matrix and eXistenZ; and the spectacular grandeur of early Hollywood movie palaces and the contemporary Las Vegas Strip. Contributors: Jens Baumgarten, Marjan Colletti, Bolívar Echeverría, Rita Eder, Hugh Hazelton, Monika Kaup, Peter Krieger, Patrick Mahon, Walter Moser, Angela Ndalianis, Richard Reddaway, Karel Vanhaesebrouck, Saige Walton.