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This book analyzes Hungarian and Romanian cinema employs a film historical overview to merge the study of small national cinemas with film genre theory and cultural theory.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introductory Framework: A Historical Meta-Narrative, Conceptual Foundations, Corpus and Methodology
Chapter 2: An Overview of Hungarian and Romanian Genre Cinema in the 20
th Century
Chapter 3: Small National Cinemas, Genre Theory and Cultural Polysystems: Film Genre Terminology as it Pertains to 21
st Century Hungarian and Romanian Cinemas
Chapter 4: A 21
st Century Panorama: Glocal Connections and Regional Resemblances in Hungarian and Romanian Popular Films
Chapter 5: Melodramas: "Non/Excessive Crisis Heterotopias" in Small National and Global Melodramas
Chapter 6: Westerns, Gangsters and Thrillers: "Transparent" Western Vistas and Male Traumas along the Global Mainstream-Small National Axis
Chapter 7: Transitional Horror and Science Fiction: Patterns of Embodiment in Mainstream and Small National Horror/Science-Fiction Hybrids
Chapter 8: Crime and Changing Society/Technology: Analogue Feminine Traumas and Digital Electronic Traces in Small National Crime Thrillers
Chapter 9: A Post/Classical Formation: The Co-Produced Eastern European Film Noir
Chapter 10: Women's Films and Female Film Stars in 21
st Century Hungarian and Romanian Cinema. Simplifying and Un-Glamorizing the Global
Chapter 11: Conclusion. Classical Film Genres and Eastern European Small National Cinemas: Creative Interferences
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About the Author
About the author
Andrea Virginás is associate professor in the media department of Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania.
Summary
This book analyzes Hungarian and Romanian cinema employs a film historical overview to merge the study of small national cinemas with film genre theory and cultural theory.
