{"product_id":"the-cinema-of-mika-kaurismaki-transvergent-cinescapes-emergent-identities-9781841504094","title":"The Cinema of Mika Kaurismäki: Transvergent","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMika Kaurismäki’s films challenge many boundaries – national societies, genre formations, art\/popular culture, fiction\/documentary, humanity\/nature and problematic distinctions between different zones of development. Synthesizing concepts from a range of thematic frameworks – e.g. auteurism, eco-philosophy, genre, cartography, cineaste networks, global reception, distribution and exhibition practices, and the potential of postnationalism – this book provides an interdisciplinary reading of Kaurismäki’s cinema. The notion of 'transvergence' – thinking in heterogeneous and polyphonal terms – emerges as an analytical method for exploring the power of these films. Through this method, the book encourages a rethinking of transnational cinema studies in relation to many oft-debated notions such as Finnish culture, European identity, cosmopolitanism and globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform: The Cinema of Mika Kaurismaki. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License and is part of Knowledge Unlatched.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e The (trans)national and the Global in Mika Kaurismäki’s Films   \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Aki\/Mika Syndrome: Cosmopolitan Auteurism and the Search for Cinematic Stability   \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cross-genre: Transnational Genre Mutations   \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mapping Transnational Space at the Margins of the Global Metropolis: Representations of the City in Kaurismäki’s Films   \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4:\u003c\/strong\u003e Post-road: Deconstructing the European Road Movie   \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5:\u003c\/strong\u003e Auto-ethnography: Merging the Self and 'Other' in Brazilian Music Documentaries   \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6:\u003c\/strong\u003e Post-nation: Kaurismäki’s Films in a Global Spectrum   \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Potential of Post-humanism: Kaurismäki and the Ecological Imagination   \u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Polyphonality of Transvergence: The Reception of Kaurismäki’s Cinema   \u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Beyond the Happy Ending","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042923512151,"sku":"9781841504094","price":27.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781841504094.jpg?v=1750956243","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-cinema-of-mika-kaurismaki-transvergent-cinescapes-emergent-identities-9781841504094","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}