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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ewa MazierskaPublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books ISBN: 9781789208139ISBN 10: 1789208130 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 14 January 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1.Homo Faber and the Work of Cinema Chapter 2. The 1960: In Search of Self- Fulfilment Chapter 3. The 1970s: Seeking Change Chapter 4. The 1980s: Learning to Survive Chapter 5. The 1990s, the 2000s and Beyond: Moving towards the Unknown Conclusions: Towards the New Cinema of Work and Idleness Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsWhat Mazierska's invaluable book demonstrates...[is] the importance of expanding our investigations of work into unemployment, leisure and idleness, in order to help us understand the ongoing privileging of precarisation by capital, as well as to help us dismantle the unquestioned edification of today's 'labour idols.' - Studies in European Cinema One hopes that scholars like Mazierska will continue to keep pace with developments, not only to provide much-needed analysis and critique, but also to remind filmmakers and film scholars alike about film's potential. - Alphaville. Journal of Film & Screen Media Ewa Mazierska has written an important book...[it] is original and fascinating scholarship. The range of films is broad, with a special emphasis on British, former Yugoslav, Polish and French cinema, and the book cuts across art house and popular cinema - from cult films to Carry On- all in the name of bringing our attention to one of cinema's otherwise most notable absent figures: work and working. - William Brown, University of Roehampton What Mazierska's invaluable book demonstrates...[is] the importance of expanding our investigations of work into unemployment, leisure and idleness, in order to help us understand the ongoing privileging of precarisation by capital, as well as to help us dismantle the unquestioned edification of today's 'labour idols.' * Studies in European Cinema One hopes that scholars like Mazierska will continue to keep pace with developments, not only to provide much-needed analysis and critique, but also to remind filmmakers and film scholars alike about film's potential. * Alphaville. Journal of Film & Screen Media Ewa Mazierska has written an important book...[it] is original and fascinating scholarship. The range of films is broad, with a special emphasis on British, former Yugoslav, Polish and French cinema, and the book cuts across art house and popular cinema - from cult films to Carry On- all in the name of bringing our attention to one of cinema's otherwise most notable absent figures: work and working. * William Brown, University of Roehampton Author InformationEwa Mazierska is Professor of Film Studies at the School of Journalism, Media and Performance, University of Central Lancashire. Her publications include European Cinema and Intertextuality: History, Memory, Politics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), Jerzy Skolimowski: The Cinema of a Nonconformist (Berghahn, 2010), Masculinities in Polish, Czech and Slovak Cinema (Berghahn, 2008) and with Laura Rascaroli,Crossing New Europe: The European Road Movie (Wallflower, 2006) and From Moscow to Madrid: Postmodern Cities, European Cinema (I.B. Tauris, 2003). She is principal editor of the journal Studies in Eastern European Cinema. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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