Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order Understanding the American Avant-garde Cinema

In spite of the difficulty of most American avant-garde films, one can read volumes and find almost no mention of how to view these films. Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order addresses precisely this question: how—and to what extent—can viewers make sense of American avant-garde films? It is a controversial book that examines the implicit assumptions of traditional scholarship, advocates on alternative to dominant approaches to the avant-garde cinema, and questions some long-standing clichés about the history of the avant-garde.

About the author

The author has worked as a humanitarian in the Middle East for over three decades and is intimately familiar with the ideologies and human agents active in the region. He brings together a wide breadth of knowledge, covering history, philology and philosophy.

Summary

This is a controversial book that examines the implicit assumptions of other scholars, advocates an alternative to dominant approaches to the avant-garde cinema, and questions some long-standing clich's about the history of the avant-garde.

Product details

• Authors: James Peterson
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 05.09.2000
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV
• EAN: 9780814324578
• ISBN: 978-0-8143-2457-8
• Pages: 212
• Dimensions (packing): 17.6 x 25.4 x 1.4 cm
• Weight (packing): 479 g
• Series: Contemporary Film and Televisi; Contemporary Film and Televisi