{"product_id":"greek-cinema-texts-histories-identities-9781841504339","title":"Greek Cinema: Texts, Histories, Identities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering the silent era to the present, this wide-ranging collection of essays examines Greek cinema as an aesthetic, cultural, and political phenomenon with the potential to appeal to a diverse range of audiences. Using a range of methodological tools, the authors investigate the ever-shifting forms and meanings at work within Greece’s national cinema and locate it within the booming interdisciplinary study of European cinema at large. Designed for undergraduate courses in film studies, this well-researched volume fills a substantial gap in the market for critical works on Greek cinema in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The adventurous explorations, the sound suggestions and the vast research show that Papadimitriou and Tziounakis’ volume institutes a new beginning for the re-evaluation of Greek Cinema.'\u003c\/em\u003e – Senses of Cinema, Vrasidas Karalis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction – Lydia Papadimitriou and Yannis Tzioumakis   \u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Approaches\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: A Touch of Spice: Mobility and Popularity – Dimitris Eleftheriotis\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Is There Such a Thing as a Greek Blockbuster? The Revival of Contemporary Greek Cinema – Michalis Kokonis\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Gloves and Moustaches: Masculinity and Gender Relations in the Film Ta Kitrina Gantia\/Yellow Gloves – Yvonne Alexia Kosma\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Histories \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Coloniality and Early Greek Film Culture – Vassiliki Tsitsopoulou\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Open-air Cinema in Athens: The Rise of the City and Urban Identities – Yiannis Christofides and Melissanthi Saliba\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Silent Greek Cinema: In Search of Academic Recognition – Eliza Anna Delveroudi\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Definitely Maybe: Possible Narratives of the History of Greek Cinema – Maria A. Stassinopoulou\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Identity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Music, Dance and Cultural Identity in the Greek Film Musical – Lydia Papadimitriou\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Carnivalized Greekness: Stavros Tsiolis’ Please, Ladies Don’t Cry – Nikos Leros\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Cacoyannis’ Stella: Representation and Reception of a Patriarchal Anomaly – Achilleas Hadjikyriacou\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Greek Cinema Without Greece: Investigating Alternative Formations – Gary Needham\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: Aesthetics \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Film Style in Old Greek Cinema: The Case of Dinos Dimopoulos – Eleftheria Thanouli\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Reflections on Pain, Loss and Memory: Takis Kanellopoulos’ Fiction Films of the 1960s – Panayiota Mini\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: The Geography of Neo-Realism in Greece: City Images, Urban Representations and Aesthetics of Space – Anna Poupou\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042923938135,"sku":"9781841504339","price":27.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781841504339.jpg?v=1750956242","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/greek-cinema-texts-histories-identities-9781841504339","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}