{"product_id":"romanian-capitalism-on-film-constantin-parvulescu-9781399540162","title":"Romanian Capitalism on Film: Microhistories of Hope, Anxiety and Adaptation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomanian Capitalism on Screen\u003c\/i\u003e examines contemporary Romanian cinema as a testimony to pivotal aspects of Romania's postsocialist economy and culture. It complements existing accounts of economic and cultural history by utilizing the perspective of socially engaged, high-quality cinema to provide enlightening insights into the country's emerging capitalist culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing on key feature films of the New Romanian Cinema, the monograph presents a methodological framework for analyzing cinematic texts as \"histories of the present.\" It addresses the economic imagination of emerging entrepreneurial classes, the value of human life within neoliberal contexts, the struggles of the middle and working classes during periods of radical economic and social transformation, the mental mapping of globalization from a European periphery, and emigration as a form of economic revenge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Constantin Parvulescu,Claudiu Turcuș\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399540165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399540162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"Constantin Parvulescu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013911130367,"sku":"9781399540162","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a0996e7a-ef75-4201-847c-217a4f2aa4f9.jpg?v=1767745538","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/romanian-capitalism-on-film-constantin-parvulescu-9781399540162","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}