{"product_id":"the-aesthetics-of-antifascist-film-jennifer-lynde-barker-9780415899154","title":"The Aesthetics of Antifascist Film: Radical Projection","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough a series of detailed film case histories ranging from \u003cem\u003eThe Great Dictator to Hiroshima mon amour\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eThe Lives of Others\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Aesthetics of Antifascist Film: Radical Projection \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the genesis and recurrence of antifascist aesthetics as it manifests in the WWII, Cold War and Post-Wall historical periods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmerging during a critical moment in film history-1930s\/1940s Hollywood- cinematic antifascism was representative of the international nature of antifascist alliances, with the amalgam of film styles generated in ?migr? Hollywood during the WWII period reflecting a dialogue between an urgent political commitment to antifascism and an equally intense commitment to aesthetic complexity. Opposed to a fascist aesthetics based on homogeneity, purity and spectacle, these antifascist films project a radical beauty of distortion, heterogeneity, fragmentation and loss. By juxtaposing documentation and the modernist techniques of surrealism and expressionism, the filmmakers were able to manifest a non-totalizing work of art that still had political impact. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on insights from film and cultural studies, aesthetic and ethical philosophy, and socio-political theory, this book argues that the artistic struggles with political commitment and modernist strategies of representation during the 1930s and 40s resulted in a distinctive, radical aesthetic form that represents an alternate strand of post-modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Lynde Barker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041589915X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415899154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Jennifer Lynde Barker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46199155851519,"sku":"9780415899154","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6b10f96-719d-491e-9c97-76c5328637e9.jpg?v=1727925207","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-aesthetics-of-antifascist-film-jennifer-lynde-barker-9780415899154","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}