A World in Chaos; Social Crisis and the Rise of Postmodern Cinema
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: August 20, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780742532885
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Modernism; Postmodernism; General; Media Studies - Electronic Media; Political Science / General; Sociology
Description: Through an analysis of films such as 'American Beauty', 'Blade Runner', 'Natural Born Killers' and 'Thelma and Louise', this study explores the historical and theoretical shift from the long era of modernity to an emergent postmodernity and examines its intersection with film culture.