Journeys on Screen: Theory, Ethics, Aesthetics

by Natalia Pinazza

Book Overview

Addressing the appeal of the journey narrative from pre-cinema to new media and through documentary, fiction and the spaces between, this collection reveals the journey to be a persistent presence across cinema and in cultural modernity. Drawing on examples from different regions and cultures that traverse art and genre cinema, the book explores the journey as a motif for something wider, a metaphor for self-discovery and social transformation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474474640
• ISBN13: 9781474474641
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"