Suchergebnisse

Como género que tiende a aparecer en períodos de transformación y de crisis, la road movie conoció un éxito llamativo en Cuba después del derrumbe del bloque sovié- tico. Los análisis existentes se han centrado en películas aparecidas durante el llamado Período Especial, cuando la isla se enfrentó con una situación de extrema austeridad en todos los niveles de la vida. Al examinar una película posterior a este período – Personal Belongings –, este ensayo no solamente amplía el enfoque cronológico del género, sino que también se detiene en el nuevo fenómeno del cine independiente en Cuba. Mediante un análisis del papel del taxi y del sentimiento de desapego que se le asocia, se argumenta que la road movie cubana, en vez de sugerir soluciones colectivas a problemas políticos como había hecho antes, se resignifica después del 2000 como instrumento de navegación de nuevas geografías emotivas – función para la cual se propone el concepto de "geopatía". ; Road movies tend to appear in contexts marked by changes and transformations. This explains the popularity of the genre in Cuban cinema in the aftermath of the collapse of communism. While current research has focused on road movies of the so-called Special Period – marked by conditions of extreme austerity –, this article examines a film which appeared in the years after – Personal Belongings –, and which signaled the emergence of a new, independent cinema in Cuba. By analyzing the role of the taxi in this film and the feeling of disaffection this vehicle conveys, it is argued that the role of the road movie changes after the Special Period. Instead of suggesting collective answers to political problems, the genre becomes a means to explore new emotional landscapes and subjectivities – a phenomenon for which the article proposes the concept of "geopathy". ; Fil: Lie, Nadia. Universidad de Lovaina (KU Leuven)

Tracing the rise and development of the Ghanaian video film industry between 1985 and 2010, Sensational Movies examines video movies as seismographic devices recording a culture and society in turmoil. This book captures the dynamic process of popular filmmaking in Ghana as a new medium for the imagination and tracks the interlacing of the medium's technological, economic, social, cultural, and religious aspects. Stepping into the void left by the defunct state film industry, video movies negotiate the imaginaries deployed by state cinema on the one hand and Christianity on the other. Birgit M

"Tracing the rise and development of the Ghanaian video film industry between 1985 and 2010, Sensational Movies examines video movies as seismographic devices recording a culture and society in turmoil. This book captures the dynamic process of popular filmmaking in Ghana as a new medium for the imagination and tracks the interlacing of the medium's technological, economic, social, cultural, and religious aspects. Stepping into the void left by the defunct state film industry, video movies negotiate the imaginaries deployed by state cinema on the one hand and Christianity on the other. Birgit Meyer analyzes Ghanaian video as a powerful, sensational form. Colliding with the state film industry's representations of culture, these movies are indebted to religious notions of divination and revelation. Exploring the format of "film as revelation," Meyer unpacks the affinity between cinematic and popular Christian modes of looking and showcases the transgressive potential haunting figurations of the occult. In this brilliant study, Meyer offers a deep, conceptually innovative analysis of the role of visual culture within the politics and aesthetics of religious world making."--Provided by publisher

"Tracing the rise and development of the Ghanaian video film industry between 1985 and 2010, Sensational Movies examines video movies as seismographic devices recording a culture and society in turmoil. This book captures the dynamic process of popular filmmaking in Ghana as a new medium for the imagination and tracks the interlacing of the medium's technological, economic, social, cultural, and religious aspects. Stepping into the void left by the defunct state film industry, video movies negotiate the imaginaries deployed by state cinema on the one hand and Christianity on the other. Birgit Meyer analyzes Ghanaian video as a powerful, sensational form. Colliding with the state film industry's representations of culture, these movies are indebted to religious notions of divination and revelation. Exploring the format of "film as revelation," Meyer unpacks the affinity between cinematic and popular Christian modes of looking and showcases the transgressive potential haunting figurations of the occult. In this brilliant study, Meyer offers a deep, conceptually innovative analysis of the role of visual culture within the politics and aesthetics of religious world making."--Provided by publisher