The Cinema of Mika Kaurismäki - Transvergent Cinescapes, Emergent Identities

Finnish director Mika Kaurismäki's films challenge the boundaries of nations, genre formations, art and popular culture and fiction and documentary. Synthesizing concepts from thematic frameworks, including transnationalism, eco-philosophy, architectural theory and cartography, this book provides an interdisciplinary reading of Kaurismäki's work.

About the author

Pietari Kההpה is a research fellow in the School of Film and Television Studies at the University of Helsinki. He has published extensively on transnational Finnish cinema.

Summary

Mika Kaurismaki's films challenge the boundaries of nations, genre formations, art/popular culture and fiction/documentary films. Synthesising concepts from a range of theoretical frameworks, this work situates Kaurismaki's films in an interdisciplinary framework, which suggests ways of understanding the potential of cinematic border-crossings.

Product details

• Authors: Pietari Kaapa, Pietari (University of Warwick Kaapa, Pietari (University of Warwick) Kaapa, Pietari Kääpä
• Publisher: Intellect Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2011
• EAN: 9781841504094
• ISBN: 978-1-84150-409-4
• No. of pages: 210
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 372 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history