Process Genre - Cinema and the Aesthetic of Labor

Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky theorizes the process genre—filmic genre characterized by its representation of chronologically ordered steps in which some form of labor results in a finished product.

List of contents

A Note on the Art  ix
Acknowledgments  xi
Introduction: The Process Genre  1
1. The Process Film in Context  51
2. On Being Absorbed in Work  77
3. Aestheticizing Labor  116
4. Nation Building  146
5. The Limits of the Genre  193
Epilogue: The Spoof That Proves the Rule  219
Notes  239
Bibliography  287
Index 305

About the author

Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky

Summary

Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky theorizes the process genre—filmic genre characterized by its representation of chronologically ordered steps in which some form of labor results in a finished product.

Product details

• Authors: Salome Aguilera Skvirsky, Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky, SalomT Aguilera Skvirsky
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781478005407
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-0540-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Kunstgeschichte, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism, ART / History / General, Pop Arts / Pop Culture