Cinema & counter-history
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Cinema & counter-history
Indiana University Press, c2015
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Cinema and counter-history
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) and index
Contents of Works
- A crisis of the movement-image and counter-history
- History growling at the door: horror and naturalism
- Comedy, theatricality, and counter-history
- Minoritarian cinematic forms as counter-history
- Memory, the powers of the false, and becoming
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Despite claims about the end of history and the death of cinema, visual media continue to contribute to our understanding of history and history-making. In this book, Marcia Landy argues that rethinking history and memory must take into account shifting conceptions of visual and aural technologies. With the assistance of thinkers such as Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, Cinema and Counter-History examines writings and films that challenge prevailing notions of history in order to explore the philosophic, aesthetic, and political stakes of activating the past. Marshaling evidence across European, African, and Asian cinema, Landy engages in a counter-historical project that calls into question the certainty of visual representations and unmoors notions of a history firmly anchored in truth.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. A Crisis of the Movement-Image and Counter-history
2. History Growling at the Door: Horror and Naturalism
3. Comedy, Theatricality, and Counter-history
4. Minoritarian Cinematic Forms as Counter-history
5. Memory, the Powers of the False, and Becoming
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
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