{"product_id":"cinema-and-landscape-film-nation-and-cultural-geography-film-nation-and-cultural-geography-9781841503097","title":"Cinema and Landscape: Film, Nation and Cultural","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe notion of landscape is a complex one, but it has been central to the art and artistry of the cinema. After all, what is the French New Wave without Paris? What are the films of Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee without New York? \u003cem\u003eCinema and Landscape\u003c\/em\u003e frames contemporary film landscapes across the world, in an exploration of screen aesthetics and national ideology, film form and cultural geography, cinematic representation and the human environment. Written by well-known cinema scholars, this volume both extends the existing field of film studies and stakes claims to overlapping, contested territories in the humanities and social sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Introduction – Cinema and Landscape – Graeme Harper, Bangor University and Jonathan Rayner, University of Sheffield\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: The Invention of the Cinematic Landscape \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Landscape and the Fantasy of Moving Pictures: Early Cinema’s Phantom Rides – Tom Gunning, University of Chicago\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: Mapping Cinematic Landscapes \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: ‘One Foot in the Air?’ Landscape in the Soviet and Russian Road Movie – Emma Widdis, University of Cambridge\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Landscape of the Mind: The Indifferent Earth in Werner Herzog’s Films – Brad Prager, University of Missouri\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Visions of Italy: The Sublime, the Postmodern and the Apocalyptic – William Hope, Salford University\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Landscape in Spanish Cinema – Marvin D’Lugo, Clark University\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Landscape and Irish Cinema – Martin McLoone, University of Ulster\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: The Ownership of Woods and Water: Landscapes in British Cinema 1930–1960 – Sue Harper, University of Portsmouth\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Filming the (Post-)Colonial Landscape: Claire Denis’ Chocolat (1988) and Beau travail (1998) – Susan Hayward, University of Exeter\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Landscaping the Revolution: The Political and Social Geography of Cuba Reflected in its Cinema – Bob Britton, University of Sheffield\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Landscapes of Meaning in Cinema: Two Indian Examples – Wimal Dissanayake, University of Hawaii\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: The Geography of Cinema – Zimbabwe – Martin Mhando, Murdoch University\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Crises, Economy and Landscape: The Modern Film Face of New China – Kate Taylor, Bangor University\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Japanese Cinema and Landscape – Paul Spicer, University of Portsmouth\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: A Version of Beauty and Terror: Australian Cinematic Landscapes – Graeme Harper, Bangor University\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Battlefields of Vision: New Zealand Filmscapes – Jonathan Rayner, University of Sheffield\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 17: The Landscapes of Canada’s Features: Articulating Nation and Nature – Jim Leach, Brock University\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Science Fiction\/Fantasy Films, Fairy Tales and Control: Landscape Stereotypes on a Wilderness to Ultra-urban Continuum – Christina Kennedy, Tiánna and Mélisa Kennedy, Northern Arizona University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042922004823,"sku":"9781841503097","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cinema-and-landscape-film-nation-and-cultural-geography-film-nation-and-cultural-geography-9781841503097","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}