| Neo-Baroques: From Latin America to the Hollywood Blockbuster Contributor(s): Moser, Walter, Ndalianis, Angela, Krieger, Peter |
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ISBN: 9004324348 ISBN-13: 9789004324343 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $143.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - Architecture - Performing Arts |
| Series: Postmodern Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.4" (1.35 lbs) 340 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Baroque is back in contemporary culture. The ten essays authored by international scholars, and three interventions by artists, examine the return of the baroque as Neo-Baroque through interdisciplinary perspectives. Understanding the Neo-Baroque as transcultural (between different cultures) and transhistorical (between historical moments) the contributors to this volume offer diverse perspectives that suggest the slipperiness of the Neo-Baroque may best be served by the term 'Neo-Baroques'. Case studies analysed reflect this plurality and include: the productions of Belgian theatre company Abattoir Ferm ; Claire Denis' French New Extremist film Trouble Every Day; the novel Lujuria tropical by exiled El Salvadorian Quijada Urias; the science fiction blockbuster spectacles The Matrix and eXistenZ; and the spectacular grandeur of early Hollywood movie palaces and the contemporary Las Vegas Strip. Contributors: Jens Baumgarten, Marjan Colletti, Bol var Echeverr a, Rita Eder, Hugh Hazelton, Monika Kaup, Peter Krieger, Patrick Mahon, Walter Moser, Angela Ndalianis, Richard Reddaway, Karel Vanhaesebrouck, Saige Walton. |