{"product_id":"the-art-of-czech-animation-adam-whybray-9781350194984","title":"The Art of Czech Animation: A History of Political Dissent and Allegory","description":"The Art of Czech Animation is the first comprehensive English language account of Czech animation from the 1920s to the present, covering both 2D animation forms and CGI, with a focus upon the stop-motion films of Jirí Trnka, Hermína Týrlová, Jan Svankmajer and Jirí Barta.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStop-motion is a highly embodied form of animation and The Art of Czech Animation develops a new materialist approach to studying these films. Instead of imposing top-down Film Theory onto its case studies, the book's analysis is built up from close readings of the films themselves, with particular attention given to their non-human objects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a time of environmental crisis, the unique way Czech animated films use allegory to de-centre the human world and give a voice to non-human aspects of the natural world points us towards a means by which culture can increase ecological awareness in viewers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuch a refutation of a human-centred view of the world was contrary to communist orthodoxy and it remains so under late-stage consumer-capitalism. As such, these films do not only offer beautiful examples of allegory, but stand as models of political dissent. The Art of Czech Animation is a unique endeavour of film philosophy to provide a materialist appraisal of a heretofore neglected strand of Central-Eastern European cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Whybray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350194980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350194984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.64d","brand":"Adam Whybray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993627230463,"sku":"9781350194984","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73e6b811-5c02-4eaa-99f2-88cca4cc27ad.jpg?v=1683325396","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-czech-animation-adam-whybray-9781350194984","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}