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Author:   Graeme Harper (Oakland University, USA) ,  Jonathan Rayner
Publisher:   Intellect Books
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.513kg
ISBN:  

9781841503097

ISBN 10:   1841503096
Pages:   315
Publication Date:   30 June 2010
Audience:   Adult education ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Chapter 1: Introduction - Cinema and Landscape - Graeme Harper, Bangor University and Jonathan Rayner, University of Sheffield PART I: The Invention of the Cinematic Landscape Chapter 2: Landscape and the Fantasy of Moving Pictures: Early Cinema's Phantom Rides - Tom Gunning, University of Chicago PART II: Mapping Cinematic Landscapes Chapter 3: 'One Foot in the Air?' Landscape in the Soviet and Russian Road Movie - Emma Widdis, University of Cambridge Chapter 4: Landscape of the Mind: The Indifferent Earth in Werner Herzog's Films - Brad Prager, University of Missouri Chapter 5: Visions of Italy: The Sublime, the Postmodern and the Apocalyptic - William Hope, Salford University Chapter 6: Landscape in Spanish Cinema - Marvin D'Lugo, Clark University Chapter 7: Landscape and Irish Cinema - Martin McLoone, University of Ulster Chapter 8: The Ownership of Woods and Water: Landscapes in British Cinema 1930-1960 - Sue Harper, University of Portsmouth Chapter 9: Filming the (Post-)Colonial Landscape: Claire Denis' Chocolat (1988) and Beau travail (1998) - Susan Hayward, University of Exeter Chapter 10: Landscaping the Revolution: The Political and Social Geography of Cuba Reflected in its Cinema - Bob Britton, University of Sheffield Chapter 11: Landscapes of Meaning in Cinema: Two Indian Examples - Wimal Dissanayake, University of Hawaii Chapter 12: The Geography of Cinema - Zimbabwe - Martin Mhando, Murdoch University Chapter 13: Crises, Economy and Landscape: The Modern Film Face of New China - Kate Taylor, Bangor University Chapter 14: Japanese Cinema and Landscape - Paul Spicer, University of Portsmouth Chapter 15: A Version of Beauty and Terror: Australian Cinematic Landscapes - Graeme Harper, Bangor University Chapter 16: Battlefields of Vision: New Zealand Filmscapes - Jonathan Rayner, University of Sheffield Chapter 17: The Landscapes of Canada's Features: Articulating Nation and Nature - Jim Leach, Brock University Chapter 18: Science Fiction/Fantasy Films, Fairy Tales and Control: Landscape Stereotypes on a Wilderness to Ultra-urban Continuum - Christina Kennedy, Tianna and Melisa Kennedy, Northern Arizona University

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Graeme Harper is Professor of Creative Writing and Director of Research at the University of Wales, Bangor. He is founding co-editor of the journal Studies in European Cinema (Intellect) and the associate founding editor of the Creative Industries Journal (Intellect). Jonathan Rayner has contributed to books on topics as diverse as New Zealand cinema, musicals, horror films, crime/caper films, cult films, and road movies. His previous books include The Naval War Film: Genre, History, National Cinema (Manchester University Press, 2007) and Contemporary Australian Cinema (Manchester University Press, 2000).

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