{"product_id":"albanian-cinema-through-the-fall-bruce-williams-9789462980150","title":"Albanian Cinema Through the Fall of Communism: Silver Screens and Red Flags","description":"Albanian cinema truly represents a \u003ccite\u003eterra incognita\u003c\/cite\u003e for most of the world. Decidedly Europe's most isolated country during the Cold War era, communist Albania had already been cut off from the West for centuries as a one of the western-most outposts of the Ottoman empire. Nonetheless, and unknown to most of the world, communist Albania had a vibrant cinema tradition. Although bound by official orthodoxy, the films of the state-run Kinostudio enterprise were surprisingly innovative and, at times, daringly subversive. This book opens with examinations of moving images in Albania from the Ottoman period, through those captured under independence and the Fascist occupation. It subsequently foregrounds transformations in Kinostudio, from the early optimism of socialist realism through the brooding social angst of the 1980s, which constitute a bridge to the socioeconomic concerns of Albanian films of the postcommunist period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9462980152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789462980150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amsterdam University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Bruce Williams","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44365439795455,"sku":"9789462980150","price":131.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_65f51c98-b1a7-467e-b87a-85ef1a1ea35a.jpg?v=1697058528","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/albanian-cinema-through-the-fall-bruce-williams-9789462980150","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}