{"product_id":"orphans-of-the-east-constantin-parvulescu-9780253016850","title":"Orphans of the East: Postwar Eastern European Cinema and the Revolutionary Subject","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnlike the benevolent orphan found in Charlie Chaplin's \u003ci\u003eThe Kid \u003c\/i\u003eor the sentimentalized figure of \u003ci\u003eLittle Orphan Annie\u003c\/i\u003e, the orphan in postwar Eastern European cinema takes on a more politically fraught role, embodying the tensions of individuals struggling to recover from war and grappling with an unknown future under Soviet rule. By exploring films produced in postwar Hungary, the German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Poland, Parvulescu traces the way in which cinema envisioned and debated the condition of the post-World War II subject and the \"new man\" of Soviet-style communism. In these films, the orphan becomes a cinematic trope that interrogates socialist visions of ideological institutionalization and re-education and stands as a silent critic of the system's shortcomings or as a resilient spirit who has resisted capture by the political apparatus of the new state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Constantin Parvulescu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0253016851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253016850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press (Ips)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2016","brand":"Constantin Parvulescu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443325284607,"sku":"9780253016850","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cce4d987-fe34-4bb3-b68d-419d307630e1.jpg?v=1777204752","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/orphans-of-the-east-constantin-parvulescu-9780253016850","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}