Decline and Reimagination in Cinematic New York

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  • Decline and Reimagination in Cinematic New York Book Detail

  • Author : Cortland Rankin
  • Release Date : 2022-09-02
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Genre : Performing Arts
  • Pages : 304
  • ISBN 13 : 1000647188
  • File Size : 62,62 MB
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Decline and Reimagination in Cinematic New York by Cortland Rankin PDF Summary

Book Description: Decline and Reimagination in Cinematic New York examines the cinematic representation of New York from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s, placing the dominant discourse of urban decline in dialogue with marginal perspectives that reimagine the city along alternative paths as a resilient, adaptive, and endlessly inspiring place. Drawing on mainstream, independent, documentary, and experimental films, the book offers a multifaceted account of the power of film to imagine the city’s decline and reimagine its potential. The book analyzes how filmmakers mobilized derelict space and various articulations of “nature” as settings and signifiers that decenter traditional understandings of the city to represent New York alternately as a desolate wasteland, a hostile wilderness, a refuge and playground for outcasts, a home to resilient and resourceful communities, a studio for artistic experimentation, an arcadia conducive to alternative social arrangements, and a complex ecosystem. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of film studies, media studies, urban cinema, urban studies, and eco-cinema.

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