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Society in Distress
Jan Culik
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Description for Society in Distress
Hardcover. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 246 x 28. Weight in Grams: 878.
Jan Culik's book analyses the value system constructed by Czech feature films produced since the fall of communism in 1989. It provides an overview of some three hundred Czech feature films made during this period. Over fourteen chapters, the book shows how Czech film makers have dealt with the legacy of communism and other traumatic past experiences, and how they have borne witness to recent political and social developments in the Czech Republic. In Culik's view, Czech feature film constructs an image of society which is still heavily influenced by the so-called "normalisation" regime of the 1970s and 1980s, which ... Read more
Jan Culik's book analyses the value system constructed by Czech feature films produced since the fall of communism in 1989. It provides an overview of some three hundred Czech feature films made during this period. Over fourteen chapters, the book shows how Czech film makers have dealt with the legacy of communism and other traumatic past experiences, and how they have borne witness to recent political and social developments in the Czech Republic. In Culik's view, Czech feature film constructs an image of society which is still heavily influenced by the so-called "normalisation" regime of the 1970s and 1980s, which ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
Number of Pages
420
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845195519
SKU
V9781845195519
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Ref
99-16
About Jan Culik
Jan Culik is Senior Lecturer in Czech Studies at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He conducts research into social self-examination and myth-making in Central Europe, using literature, cinema and television as material culture.
Reviews for Society in Distress
"Jan Culik's book is an excellent, well-organized, thoughtful, informative, illuminating and thoroughly scholarly work. It is also easily accessible to the general readership. I fully recommend it."
Josef kvorecky, Novelist. The Late Professor Emeritus of English and Film, University of Toronto "This is a remarkable contribution to the analysis of the value system disseminated by contemporary Czech cinema within ... Read more
Josef kvorecky, Novelist. The Late Professor Emeritus of English and Film, University of Toronto "This is a remarkable contribution to the analysis of the value system disseminated by contemporary Czech cinema within ... Read more