Slum imaginaries and spatial justice in Philippine cinema:

"Outlining the rise of Philippine slums alongside the historial development of Philippine urban cinema, Slum imaginaries and spatial justice in Philippine cinema makes a novel contribution to the cinema-city nexus through its interdisciplinary framework of film studies and human geography. It f...

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1. Verfasser: Macapagal, Katrina (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2023]
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Zusammenfassung:"Outlining the rise of Philippine slums alongside the historial development of Philippine urban cinema, Slum imaginaries and spatial justice in Philippine cinema makes a novel contribution to the cinema-city nexus through its interdisciplinary framework of film studies and human geography. It formulates the theory of the ‘slum chornotope’ as a theoretical tool to analyse narrative and genre formation in films that dialogue with Manila’s slum imaginaries, and makes the case for Philippine urban cinema - and Philippine urban history - as a significant vantage point from which to understand imaginaries of spatial justice"--Paperback back cover
Beschreibung:ix, 204 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:147445190X
9781474451901