Work in cinema : labor and the human condition / edited by Ewa Mazierska.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mazierska, Ewa, editor of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

vi, 296 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Cinema frequently depicts various types of work, but this representation is never straightforward. It depends on and reflects many factors, most importantly the place and time the film is made and the type of audience it addresses. In this volume, the contributors employ transnational and transhistorical perspectives to compare films from different countries, periods, and genres. Rather than prescribe a specific meaning of work, the collection explores its fuzzy edges, including sex work, criminal work, situations where the jobs' purpose is to reduce work, and other marginal types of labor. The contributors draw attention to the paradox that although there is seemingly less work to be done now than it was in the past, the central role of work in human life has not been challenged: it is seen as the human condition. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Neoliberal Work

1 Affective Labor and Alienation in Up in the Air / Ian Fraser Fraser, Ian 29

2 Becoming Cinema: The Social Network, Exploitation' in the Digital Age, and the Film Industry / William Brown Brown, William 49

3 The New European Cinema of Precarity: A Transnational Perspective / Alice Bardan Bardan, Alice 69

4 Acting as Value: Juliette Binoche in Michael Haneke's Code Unknown / Zaneta Jamrozik Jamrozik, Zaneta 91

Part II National and Transnational Cinemas

5 The Trauma of Daedalus: The Labyrinth of Labor in Brazilian Cinema / Alfredo Suppia Suppia, Alfredo 113

6 Beyond Work and Sex in Czech Cinema / David Sorfa Sorfa, David 133

7 Desensitized Migrants: Organized Crime Workers in David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises and Aleksei Balabanov's Stoker / Alexandar Mihailovic Mihailovic, Alexandar 151

8 The Damnation of Labor in the Films of Béla Tarr / Christina Stojanova Stojanova, Christina 169

Part III Genre

9 You Don't Have to Be Crazy to Work, But It Helps: Work in Comedies of the 1930s / Glyn White White, Glyn 191

10 Work in Outer Space: Notes on Eastern European Science Fiction Cinema / Eva Naripea Naripea, Eva 209

11 The Migrations of Factory Style: Work, Play, and Work-as-Play in Andy Warhol, Chantal Akerman and Apichatpong Weerasethakul / Jonathan L. Owen Owen, Jonathan L. 227

12 Work in Bicycle Cinema: From Race Rider to City Courier / Lars Kristensen Kristensen, Lars 249

13 Documentaries, Work, and Global Challenges / Ib Bondebjerg Bondebjerg, Ib 265.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137370853

1137370858

OCLC:

853287221