Hesitant Histories on the Romanian Screen (eBook)

László Strausz (Autor)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2017
VIII, 257 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-55272-9 (ISBN)

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This book argues that hesitation as an artistic and spectatorial strategy connects various screen media texts produced in post-war Romania. The chapters draw a historical connection between films made during the state socialist decades, televised broadcasts of the 1989 Romanian revolution, and films of the new Romanian cinema. The book explores how the critical attitude of new Romanian cinema demonstrates a refusal to accept limiting, binary discourses rooted in Cold War narratives. Strausz argues that hesitation becomes an attempt to overcome restrictive populist narratives of the past and present day. By employing a performative and mobile position, audiences are encouraged to consider conflicting approaches to history and social transformation.

László Strausz is Assistant Professor in the Department of Film Studies at Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary. 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.7.2017
• Zusatzinfo: VIII, 257 p. 20 illus., 18 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 1989 Romanian Revolution • Cold War • Cultural Memory • hesitation • Narratives • new Romanian cinema • political struggles • Populist • post-war Romania • regime change • social change • Social Republic of Romania • Social Transformation • state socialist
• ISBN-10: 3-319-55272-4 / 3319552724
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-55272-9 / 9783319552729