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010			_a 2019002123
020			_a9781138498440 (hbk)
020			_a9781138498488 (pbk)
020			_z9781351016193 (ebk)
037			_cPurchased _nAtlantic Publishers,Chennai
041			_aEnglish
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082	0	0	_a791.43 _bMEN/CI
100	1		_aMennel, Barbara
245	1	0	_aCITIES AND CINEMA
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260			_aLondon _bRoutledge _c2019/01/01
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490	0		_aRoutledge critical introductions to urbanism and the city
500			_aThe second edition of Cities and Cinema provides an updated survey of films about cities, from their significance for modernity at the beginning of the twentieth century to the contemporary relationship between virtual reality and urban space. The book demonstrates the importance of the filmic depiction of capitals for national cinemas in the twentieth century and analyzes the transnational transfer of cinematic images surrounding global cities in the twenty-first century. Cities and Cinema covers the different facets of the cinematic depiction of cities. It rehearses distinct methodologies and offers a survey of the history of the cinematic city. The book also deepens our understanding of tropes and narrative conventions that shape films about urban settings and that reflect the transformation of cities throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Beginning with a discussion of the Weimar “street film,” it analyzes how the city film defined modernity. The book outlines the sociological context and the aesthetic features of so-called film noir, made in 1940s Hollywood and depicting Los Angeles. Paris became the site for the development of auteur cinema, which repeatedly depicts characters moving through the city. Tokyo took up noir to signal modern crime. The volume delineates how filmic genres, such as science fiction, comment on the present by imagining future forms of urban living. After analyzing how cinema captures the relationship between sexual identity and urban anonymity, migration and urban space, and marginalized ethnic and sexual identity in ghetto films, the book emphasizes transnational dynamics and global cities in the twenty-first century. Its conclusion points to the increasing virtual mediation of cities with new media. Cities and Cinema offers a historical overview of the development of films about cities and a theoretical approach to the intersection of urban studies and film studies. This title is designed as a textbook primarily for second-year undergraduate students in Film/Media studies, Urban studies, as well as Geography and Planning.
505			_aSection 1 1. Modernity and the City Film: Berlin 2. The Dark City: Film Noir – Los Angeles 3. The City of Love: Paris -- Section 2 4. City Film Industry: Hong Kong 5. The Divided City and the City in Ruins: Belfast, Beirut, and Berlin 6. Utopia and Dystopia: Fantastic and Virtual Cities -- Section 3 7. Ghettos and Barrios 8. The City as Queer Playground 9. The Global City and Cities in Globalization. -- Conclusion: From the Train Effect to the Favela Effect: How to do Further Research.
650		0	_aCities and towns in motion pictures.
650		0	_aCity and town life in motion pictures.
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504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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