Urban Space on Screen

Cinematographies of Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-94-6372-747-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Eastern European Screen Cultures

The birth of cinema parallels industrial urbanization. This edited collection examines how the film cultures of Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine have engaged with the built environment. Across political upheavals and shifting borders, filmmakers have documented, interpreted, and imagined the evolution of urban life.

From Soviet-era planned cities to post-Socialist urban renewal, and from industrial decline to the impact of war on public space, the essays in this volume uncover the role of cinema in constructing—and contesting—visions of urban life. How have films documented social change and revolution, engaged with histories of migration and displacement, and dreamed up alternative urban futures?

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kuzma, Konstanty

Pfeifer, Moritz

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Forword, Introduction, 1: Cinema and the Modern City, 2: Cross-cultural Developments, 3: Cities of the Future, 4: Marginal Spaces

Über Autor(innen)

Konstanty Kuzma is the co-founder and co-editor of the East European Film Bulletin. He studied Philosophy in Berlin, Berkeley, and Munich. He completed his doctoral studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich with a scholarship from the Heinrich Böll Foundation and is a research fellow (“wiss. Mitarbeiter”) at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Stuttgart.

Moritz Pfeifer is the co-founder and co-editor of the East European Film Bulletin. He studied Philosophy, Sociology and Economics in Berlin and Paris. He holds a PhD from the University of Nanterre in Paris and is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Economic Policy of the University of Leipzig.