{"product_id":"world-film-locations-buenos-aires-9781783203581","title":"World Film Locations: Buenos Aires","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorld Film Locations: Buenos Aires\u003c\/em\u003e explores this picturesque and passionate city (the second-largest in South America) as a stage for sociopolitical transformations and a key location in the international imagination as a site of cultural export. The book uncovers the many reasons why Buenos Aires attracts not only tourists but also artists and filmmakers who explore the city and its iconography as well as its cultural and sociopolitical turbulence. A set of six essays anchor this volume; contributors consider a range of key topics related to the city onscreen, including tango, villas miseria (shantytowns), dictatorship and democracy and science fiction and the future of the city. \u003cem\u003eWorld Film Locations: Buenos Aires \u003c\/em\u003eis rounded out with in-depth reviews of nearly fifty key films – \u003cem\u003eThe Hour of the Furnaces, Nine Queens\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eEvita\u003c\/em\u003e among them – each illustrated by screenshots, current location imagery and corresponding maps for travellers and movie buffs to use as they navigate this rich cinematic city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaps\/Scenes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 1-8 – 1915–1958\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 9-16 – 1958–1985\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 17-24 – 1985–1997\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 25-32 – 1998–2001\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 33-39 – 2002–2008\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eScenes 40-46 – 2008–2013\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEssays\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBuenos Aires: City of the Imagination – James Scorer\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTango and the City – John King\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFrom Dark to Light: The Cinema of the Transition to Democracy – Constanza Burucúa\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eShantytowns: Buenos Aires, the Shattered City – Gonzalo Aguilar\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eGender and Class Since the 1980s – Carolina Rocha\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Fantastic and Futuristic City – Joanna Page\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMartín Rejtman and Buenos Aires – Martín Rejtman\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042261205335,"sku":"9781783203581","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781783203581.jpg?v=1750953672","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/world-film-locations-buenos-aires-9781783203581","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}