Caught in-Between: Intermediality in Contemporary Eastern Europe and Russian Cinema

Intermediality is a new perspective in the interpretation of cinemas after the collapse of the former Eastern bloc, exploring the relationship between cinema and other arts and highlighting tensions and ambivalences beyond media. Comparative analyses of films from Hungary, Romania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Russia demonstrate its effectiveness as a form of introspection and poetic strategy to communicate the cultures of the region caught between East and West, past and present, emotional turmoil, and detached self-awareness.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2020
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Intermediality, a new perspective in the interpretation of cinemas after the collapse of the former Eastern bloc, explores the productive interaction of media and cinema's relationship with the other arts. Comparative analyses of films from Hungary, Romania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Russia demonstrate that intermediality can be employed as a form of introspection, dealing with complex issues of art and society. Appearing in various sensuous or intellectual modes, intermediality can become an effective poetic strategy to communicate how the cultures of the region are caught in-between East and West, past and present, emotional turmoil and more detached self-awareness. The diverse theoretical approaches that unravel this in-betweenness contribute to the understanding of intermedial phenomena in contemporary cinema as a whole.

Weight: 560g
Dimension: 241 x 163 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474435499