Stories between Tears and Laughter
Popular Czech Cinema and Film Critics
Seiten
2024
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-249-1 (ISBN)
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-249-1 (ISBN)
Stories between Tears and Laughter strikes new ground in the history of Czech cinema focusing on the historically underrepresented post-socialist era following the 1960s to reveal the discourse of cultural value through which popular Czech films were being evaluated.
While histories of Czech cinema often highlight the quality of Czechoslovak New Wave films made in the 1960s, post-socialist Czech cinema receives little attention. Through a methodology of historical reception, Stories between Tears and Laughter explores how attitudes towards post-socialist Czech cinema have shifted but still viewed it as popular cinema. By analysing publicity materials, reviews and articles, Richard Vojvoda offers a new perspective on the notions of cultural value and quality that have been shaping the history of post-socialist Czech cinema.
While histories of Czech cinema often highlight the quality of Czechoslovak New Wave films made in the 1960s, post-socialist Czech cinema receives little attention. Through a methodology of historical reception, Stories between Tears and Laughter explores how attitudes towards post-socialist Czech cinema have shifted but still viewed it as popular cinema. By analysing publicity materials, reviews and articles, Richard Vojvoda offers a new perspective on the notions of cultural value and quality that have been shaping the history of post-socialist Czech cinema.
Richard Vojvoda completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. His research interests include contemporary cinema and television cultures, especially processes of negotiation of cultural value.
Introduction: Canons of Czech Cinema
Chapter 1. Negotiating ‘the National’ in Kolya
Chapter 2. Popular Pleasures, Cinema Traditions, and the Invisible Family Film
Chapter 3. ‘Up to Speed?’ Comfort and the Shifting Critical Discourse of Quality
Chapter 4. Cutting Ties with the Term ‘Czech Film’: Genre, Extremity and Canons
Conclusions: Shifting Value of the Retro Film
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.12.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Bibliography; Index |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80539-249-2 / 1805392492 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80539-249-1 / 9781805392491 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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