The Geopolitical Aesthetic: Cinema and Space in the World System

by Fredric Jameson

Book Overview

"The Geopolitical Aesthetic is a dazzling . . . distillation and application of the theoretical system he first presented in The Political Unconscious (1981)." --The San Francisco Bay Guardian

Taking contemporary films from the United States, Russia, Taiwan, France, and the Philippines, The Geopolitical Aesthetic offers a reading of some of the most interesting films of the last decade and a general account of filmic representation in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253209668
• ISBN13: 9780253209665
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher