Neo-Baroques : From Latin America to the Hollywood Blockbuster.

By:

Moser, Walter

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Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789004324350

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Neo-BaroquesDDC classification:

791.43

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PN1995.N384 2016

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Contents:

Intro -- Neo-Baroques: From Latin America to the Hollywood Blockbuster -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Author Biographies -- Introduction -- Part 1: Neo-Baroques -- Introduction to Part 1 -- 1 Meditations on the Baroque -- 2 Reconsidering Metatheatricality: Towards a Baroque Understanding of Postdramatic Theatre -- 3 Fabricating Film-The Neo-Baroque Folds of Claire Denis -- 4 Baroque Affinities: Wölfflin, Visconti, the Baroque and the Films of Glauber Rocha -- 5 Artist's Essay-The Neo-Baroque and Complexity -- Part 2: Religion -- Introduction to Part 2 -- 6 Afro-Caribbean Belief Systems and the Neo-Baroque Novel: The Duel of Faiths in Alejo Carpentier's El reino de este mundo and Ludic Voodoo in Alfonso Quijada Urías's Lujuria tropical -- 7 Temporal and Local Transfers: The Neo-Baroque between Politics, Religion and Entertainment -- 8 The Religious Shines through: Religious Remnants and Resurgences in 90s Cinema -- 9 Artist's Essay: Towers, Shipwrecks, and Neo-Baroque Allegories -- Part 3: Cities -- Introduction to Part 3 -- 10 Symbolic Dimensions and Cultural Functions of the Neo-Baroque Balustrade in Contemporary Mexico City: An Alternative Learning from Las Vegas -- 11 Mexico City's Dissonant Modernity and the Marketplace Baroque: Salvador Novo's Nueva grandeza mexicana and Bernardo de Balbuena's La grandeza mexicana -- 12 Baroque Theatricality and Scripted Spaces: From Movie Palace to Las Vegas Casinos -- 13 Artist's Essay: Post-digital Neo-Baroque: Reinterpreting Baroque Reality and Beauty in Contemporary Architectural Design -- Index.

Summary: This anthology examines the phenomenon of the Neo-Baroque through interdisciplinary perspectives. Understanding the Neo-Baroque as transcultural (between different cultures) and transhistorical (between historical moments) the contributors explore its slippery nature of the Neo-Baroque.

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This anthology examines the phenomenon of the Neo-Baroque through interdisciplinary perspectives. Understanding the Neo-Baroque as transcultural (between different cultures) and transhistorical (between historical moments) the contributors explore its slippery nature of the Neo-Baroque.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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