The Aesthetics and Politics of Cinematic Pedestrianism

Walking in Films
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-18712-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 470 g

Reihe: Film Culture in Transition

The Aesthetics and Politics of Cinematic Pedestrianism: Walking in Films offers a rich exploration of the cinematic aesthetics that filmmakers devised to reflect the corporeal and affective experience of walking in the city. Drawing from literature in urban studies, film theory, and aesthetic philosophy, it is the first monograph to approach the history of cinema from the perspective of walking. A series of case studies providing nuanced analyses of widely referenced figures, such as the flaneur/flâneuse, vagabond, and nomad, reveal how filmmakers articulated their objection to repressive structures through depictions of walking: a common, everyday act yet transgressive, bold, and indomitable. Through the lens of Henri Lefebvre’s theory of space, Michel de Certeau’s concept of pedestrian acts, and Jacques Rancière’s treatment of the politics of aesthetics, Walking in Films traces how cinema evolved in conversation with the mobile body and the new images, styles, and techniques that emerged with it. Winner of the 2023 Best Book Award from the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis (ASCA).

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ozgen, Asli

Özgen, Asli

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Cinematic Pedestrianism in the City, CHAPTER ONE, CHAPTER TWO, The Flâneur as Filmmaker, CHAPTER THREE, The Flâneuse and the Aesthetics of the Female Gaze, CHAPTER FOUR, A Wandering Eye: The Kino-Pedestrian, CHAPTER FIVE, Walking amidst Ruins: A Pedestrian Cinema, CHAPTER SIX, Feminist Nomads: The Politics of Walking in Agnès Varda, Cinematic Pedestrianism Afoot: A Conclusion, Walking into the Future: Possible New Research Trajectories, Works Cited, Bibliography, Filmography.

Über Autor(innen)

Asli Özgen is film lecturer at the Media Studies, University of Amsterdam. She researches film historiography, with a particular interest in feminist and decolonial interventions, focusing on difficult pasts and contested film heritage.