Urban Film and Everyday Practice

Bridging Divisions in Johannesburg
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-55479-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Reihe: Screening Spaces

This book explores the ways in which films of Johannesburg assist residents of the city to bridge the divisions and inequalities of contemporary urban space through the four lenses of materiality, identity, mobility, and crime. Films influence the everyday practices of urban residents and contribute to their knowledge of the city. Urban Film and Everyday Practice examines the relationship between the city, and its representations through the four themes, to deconstruct the complexity of the city and to understand the complicated nature of residents’ interactions with urban space. Johannesburg serves as a case study for examining the divisions and inequalities that cities around the globe are currently facing.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parker, Alexandra

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Film in Divided Cities.- 2 Johannesburg the Divided city.- 3 Physical Materiality and Imageability.- 4 Identity.- 5 Mobility.- 6 Crime and the Tsotsi.- 7 The Influence of Film.- Annexure: Method.

Über Autor(innen)

Alexandra Parker is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. She teaches first year courses in the Wits School of Architecture and Planning, South Africa. She serves on the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation board, actively campaigning to save the city’s heritage.