FREE delivery to all EXCLUSIVE BOOKS stores nationwide. FREE delivery to your door on all orders over R450. Excludes all international deliveries.

Cuban Film Media, Late Socialism, and the Public Sphere

Nicholas Balaisis
    Product form
      FORMAT: Hardback

      R 4,030.00 Price and availability exclusive to website

      YOU COULD EARN 4,030 FUTURE RETAIL DISCOUNTS.
      ESTIMATED DELIVERY: Approx. 20 - 30 Business Days
      BUY NOW PAY LATER
      From R 671.66 per month!
      3x monthly payments of R 1,343.33 with
      4x fortnightly payments of R 1,007.50 with
      This book maps the aesthetic experience of late socialism through Cuban film and media practice. It shows how economic and material scarcity as well as political uncertainty is expressed aesthetically in films from the period following the collapse of the Soviet Union, a characteristic described as imperfect aesthetics. The films examined in the book draw attention to the unique temporal experience of late socialism, a period marked both by rapid change and frustrating stasis, nostalgia for Cuba’s past and anxiousness about its future. Aesthetic modes such as melodrama and irony, and stylistic elements such as direct address and the long take, communicate the temporal experience of late socialism in Cuba, where new global traffic and a globalizing economy co-exist with iconic socialist features of the Cuban revolution. Film aesthetics constitute an important public dimension within this context, serving as a site of political and cultural critique amidst political uncertainty. In examining large-scale international co-productions as well as regional film collectives and amateur media making, the book traces the aesthetic continuities between contemporary film practices and those of the immediate post-revolutionary period, showing how the Cuban revolution continues to be an important touchstone for contemporary Cuban filmmakers in the face of new and imminent change.   
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Nicholas Balaisis EAN: 9781137590367 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 3846 g HEIGHT: 210 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave Macmillan DATE PUBLISHED: 2016-12-08 CITY: GENRE: PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 148 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      The Americas, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Performing arts, Film history, theory or criticism, Cultural studies, Media studies, Politics and government

      Customer Reviews

      Be the first to write a review
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      Nicholas Balaisis is a postdoctoral fellow at the Critical Media Lab, Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Waterloo, Canada. His work has been published in such journals as Cinema Journal, Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies, Canadian Journal of Film Studies, Cineaction, and Public: Art, Culture, Ideas.
      This book maps the aesthetic experience of late socialism through Cuban film and media practice. It shows how economic and material scarcity as well as political uncertainty is expressed aesthetically in films from the period following the collapse of the Soviet Union, a characteristic described as imperfect aesthetics. The films examined in the book draw attention to the unique temporal experience of late socialism, a period marked both by rapid change and frustrating stasis, nostalgia for Cuba’s past and anxiousness about its future. Aesthetic modes such as melodrama and irony, and stylistic elements such as direct address and the long take, communicate the temporal experience of late socialism in Cuba, where new global traffic and a globalizing economy co-exist with iconic socialist features of the Cuban revolution. Film aesthetics constitute an important public dimension within this context, serving as a site of political and cultural critique amidst political uncertainty. In examining large-scale international co-productions as well as regional film collectives and amateur media making, the book traces the aesthetic continuities between contemporary film practices and those of the immediate post-revolutionary period, showing how the Cuban revolution continues to be an important touchstone for contemporary Cuban filmmakers in the face of new and imminent change.   
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Nicholas Balaisis EAN: 9781137590367 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 3846 g HEIGHT: 210 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave Macmillan DATE PUBLISHED: 2016-12-08 CITY: GENRE: PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies WIDTH: 148 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      The Americas, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Performing arts, Film history, theory or criticism, Cultural studies, Media studies, Politics and government

      Customer Reviews

      Be the first to write a review
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      Nicholas Balaisis is a postdoctoral fellow at the Critical Media Lab, Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Waterloo, Canada. His work has been published in such journals as Cinema Journal, Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies, Canadian Journal of Film Studies, Cineaction, and Public: Art, Culture, Ideas.

      Recently viewed products

      Login

      Forgot your password?

      Don't have an account yet?
      Create account