The Cinema of Mika Kaurismäki : Transvergent Cinescapes, Emergent Identities.

Mika Kaurismäki's films challenge many boundaries - national societies, genre formations, art/popular culture, fiction/documentary, humanity/nature, and problematic distinctions between different zones of development. Synthesizing concepts from a range of thematic frameworks - e.g. auteurism, e...

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Main Author:	Kääpä, Pietari
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bristol : Intellect, 2011.
Subjects:	Kaurismäki, Mika > Criticism and interpretation. Kaurismäki, Mika. Motion pictures > Production and direction > Finland. PERFORMING ARTS > Reference. Films, cinema. Motion pictures > Production and direction. Finland. ART / General. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Mika Kaurismäki's films challenge many boundaries - national societies, genre formations, art/popular culture, fiction/documentary, humanity/nature, and problematic distinctions between different zones of development. Synthesizing concepts from a range of thematic frameworks - e.g. auteurism, eco-philosophy, genre, cartography, cineaste networks, global reception, distribution and exhibition practices, and the potential of postnationalism - this book provides an interdisciplinary reading of Kaurismäki's cinema. The notion of 'transvergence' - of thinking in heterogeneous and polyphonal terms -
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (210 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208).
ISBN:	9781841504520 1841504521