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In praise of cinematic bastardy / edited by Sebastien Lefait and Philippe Ortoli.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures.
- Arts--History--20th century.
- Arts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Cinema may be called a bastard art in both meanings of the word: because it is usually defined as a hybrid art form, obviously, but also, and perhaps more importantly, because it has been able to become formally as well as generically innovative mostly through adulterous relationships, thus making illegitimacy its grounding principle by preferring a blurred lineage to a legible succession. Trying to find what film is referred to in a sequence, therefore, amounts to establishing a clear family...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART II; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; PART III; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; PART IV; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; PART V; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CHAPTER NINETEEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; FILMS CITED; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
- Notes:
- "This volume stems from the three-day international conference 'In Praise of Cinematic Bastasrdy' held at the University Paris Ouest Nanterre La Defense from 28 April to 30 April 2011"--Acknowledgments.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-244) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-3863-2
- OCLC:
- 823720639
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