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Global Cinema Studies in Landscape Allegory explores the narrative and stylistic approaches to imbuing natural settings in audiovisual media with a psychological dimension or, in other words, configuring a landscape' to function beyond its typical role as a backdrop and the cultural contexts for this aesthetic impulse. Contributors argue that while audiovisual allegory can be understood as inherently avant-garde, certain kinds of stories and the ways in which they are presented can be categorized as a landscape allegory.' Focusing on the idea of a landscape' in the most concrete and literal form, contributions drawing from a global spectrum of cultural contexts work toward establishing a fuller and more culturally diverse understanding of landscape allegory in cinema.

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/20/2024
      ISBN13: 9781666921205, 978-1666921205
      ISBN10: 1666921203
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      Global Cinema Studies in Landscape Allegory explores the narrative and stylistic approaches to imbuing natural settings in audiovisual media with a psychological dimension or, in other words, configuring a landscape' to function beyond its typical role as a backdrop and the cultural contexts for this aesthetic impulse. Contributors argue that while audiovisual allegory can be understood as inherently avant-garde, certain kinds of stories and the ways in which they are presented can be categorized as a landscape allegory.' Focusing on the idea of a landscape' in the most concrete and literal form, contributions drawing from a global spectrum of cultural contexts work toward establishing a fuller and more culturally diverse understanding of landscape allegory in cinema.

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