Daniel Mourenza

Walter Benjamin and the Aesthetics of Film

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first monograph to thoroughly analyse Benjamin's film writings, contextualizing them within his oeuvre whilst also paying attention to the various films, actors, and directors that sparked his interest.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9789462980174
• ISBN-10: 9462980179
• Artikelnr.: 58762779

Autorenporträt

Daniel Mourenza is an Assistant Professor at the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies at Trinity College Dublin.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. Anthropological Materialism and the Aesthetics of Film
Chapter 2. Soviet Film: The Giant Laboratory of Technological Innervation
Chapter 3. Film and the Aesthetics of German Fascism
Chapter 4. Charlie Chaplin: The Return of the Allegorical Mode in Modernity
Chapter 5. Mickey Mouse: Utopian and Barbarian
Conclusion: Benjamin's Belated Aktualität
Bibliography
Index