Slums On Screen

Author : Igor Krstic
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474406888

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Slums on Screen by Igor Krstic Pdf

Near to one billion people call slums their home, making it a reasonable claim to describe our world as a 'planet of slums.' But how has this hard and unyielding way of life been depicted on screen? How have filmmakers engaged historically and across the globe with the social conditions of what is often perceived as the world's most miserable habitats?Combining approaches from cultural, globalisation and film studies, Igor Krstic outlines a transnational history of films that either document or fictionalise the favelas, shantytowns, barrios poulares or chawls of our 'planet of slums', exploring the way accelerated urbanisation has intersected with an increasingly interconnected global film culture. From Jacob Riis' How The Other Half Lives (1890) to Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2008), the volume provides a number of close readings of films from different historical periods and regions to outline how contemporary film and media practices relate to their past predeccesors, demonstrating the way various filmmakers, both north and south of the equator, have repeatedly grappled with, rejected or continuously modified documentary and realist modes to convey life in our 'planet of slums'.

Author : Igor Krstic
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474406871

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Slums on Screen by Igor Krstic Pdf

Near to one billion people call slums their home, making it a reasonable claim to describe our world as a 'planet of slums.' But how has this hard and unyielding way of life been depicted on screen? How have filmmakers engaged historically and across the globe with the social conditions of what is often perceived as the world's most miserable habitats?Combining approaches from cultural, globalisation and film studies, Igor Krstic outlines a transnational history of films that either document or fictionalise the favelas, shantytowns, barrios poulares or chawls of our 'planet of slums', exploring the way accelerated urbanisation has intersected with an increasingly interconnected global film culture. From Jacob Riis' How The Other Half Lives (1890) to Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2008), the volume provides a number of close readings of films from different historical periods and regions to outline how contemporary film and media practices relate to their past predeccesors, demonstrating the way various filmmakers, both north and south of the equator, have repeatedly grappled with, rejected or continuously modified documentary and realist modes to convey life in our 'planet of slums'.

Author : Igor Krstić
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Cities and towns in motion pictures
ISBN : 147442192X

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Slums on Screen by Igor Krstić Pdf

From Jacob Riis' 'How The Other Half Lives' (1890) to Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire' (2008), Igor Krstić outlines a transnational history of films that either document or fictionalise the favelas, shantytowns, barrios poulares or chawls of our 'planet of slums'.

Author : Mike Davis
Publisher : Verso
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781844671601

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Planet of Slums by Mike Davis Pdf

Celebrated urban theorist Davis provides a global overview of the diverse religious, ethnic, and political movements competing for the souls of the new urban poor.

Author : Johan Andersson,Lawrence Webb
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780231850995

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Global Cinematic Cities by Johan Andersson,Lawrence Webb Pdf

Cinema and audiovisual media are integral to the culture, economy and social experience of the contemporary global city. But how has the relationship between cinema and the urban environment evolved in the era of digital technology, new media and globalization? And what are the critical tools and concepts with which we can grasp this vital interconnection between space and screen, viewer and built environment? Engaging with a rapidly transforming urban world, the contributions to this collection rethink the 'cinematic city' at a global scale. By presenting a global constellation of screen cities within one volume, the book encourages juxtapositions and comparisons across the North and South to capture the global city and its dynamics of exchange, hybridity, and circulation. The contributions examine film and screen cultures in a range of locations spanning five continents: Antibes, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Busan, Cairo, Caracas, Copenhagen, Jakarta, Kolkata, Lagos, Los Angeles, Malmö, Manila, Mumbai, Nairobi, Paris, Seoul, Sète, and Shanghai. The chapters address topics that range across the contemporary film and media landscape, from popular cinema, art cinema, and film festivals to serial television, public screens, multimedia installations, and video art. Contributors: Chris Berry, Yomi Braester, Jinhee Choi, Pei-Sze Chow, Thomas Elsaesser, Malini Guha, Jonathan Haynes, Will Higbee, Igor Krstic, Christian B. Long, Joanna Page, Lawrence Webb.

Author : María Mercedes Vázquez Vázquez
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498553032

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The Question of Class in Contemporary Latin American Cinema by María Mercedes Vázquez Vázquez Pdf

The Question of Class in Contemporary Latin American Cinema responds to the renewed interest in class within and outside academia by examining the aesthetics and politics of class in a representative selection of films from the contemporary cinemas of Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. It explores the relationship of cinematic practices to conflicting socio-political transformations taking place in these five countries such as the intensification of neoliberalism, the Turn-to-the-Left, and the growth of the middle classes in the period from 2003 to 2015. Utilizing a critical comparative method , it sheds a critical light on the presumed depoliticization (or new, aestheticized politicization) of contemporary Latin American cinema. The combined textual and industrial analyses of films from strikingly different cinemas and directors through the lenses of class allows for a contextualization of this trend and the observation of its limitations. Furthermore, this book distinguishes cinematic figurations that correspond to new conceptualizations of class introduced in social studies from figurations of class that have yet to be conceptualized.

Author : Akshayakumar Ramanlal Desai,S. Devadas Pillai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Housing
ISBN : UGA:32108023898193

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Slums and Urbanization by Akshayakumar Ramanlal Desai,S. Devadas Pillai Pdf

Author : L. N. P. Mohanty,Swati Mohanty
Publisher : APH Publishing
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Poverty
ISBN : 8176488925

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Slum in India by L. N. P. Mohanty,Swati Mohanty Pdf

Author : Pushpa Agnihotri
Publisher : M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8185880476

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Poverty Amidst Prosperity by Pushpa Agnihotri Pdf

The book contains that there are misconceptions and vague ideas in society about slum settlements. A general notion is that the slum dwellers are only a burden and a source of public nuisance. It is always acute poverty in the homeland which compels this depressed class to migrate.

Author : Adam Michael Auerbach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108491938

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Demanding Development by Adam Michael Auerbach Pdf

Explains the uneven success of India's slum dwellers in demanding and securing essential public services from the state.

Author : Bernard Perron,Kelly Boudreau,Mark J.P. Wolf,Dominic Arsenault
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781000596236

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Fifty Key Video Games by Bernard Perron,Kelly Boudreau,Mark J.P. Wolf,Dominic Arsenault Pdf

This volume examines fifty of the most important video games that have contributed significantly to the history, development, or culture of the medium, providing an overview of video games from their beginning to the present day. This volume covers a variety of historical periods and platforms, genres, commercial impact, artistic choices, contexts of play, typical and atypical representations, uses of games for specific purposes, uses of materials or techniques, specific subcultures, repurposing, transgressive aesthetics, interfaces, moral or ethical impact, and more. Key video games featured include Animal Crossing, Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, The Legend of Zelda, Minecraft, PONG, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, and World of Warcraft. Each game is closely analyzed in order to properly contextualize it, to emphasize its prominent features, to show how it creates a unique experience of gameplay, and to outline the ways it might speak about society and culture. The book also acts as a highly accessible showcase to a range of disciplinary perspectives that are found and practiced in the field of game studies. With each entry supplemented by references and suggestions for further reading, Fifty Key Video Games is an indispensable reference for anyone interested in video games.

Author : John E. Morley
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780323532327

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Rapid Geriatric Assessment, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, E-Book by John E. Morley Pdf

This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest edited by Dr. John Morley, is devoted to Rapid Geriatric Assessment. Articles in this issue will address Frailty; Sarcopenia; Anorexia of Aging; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Cognitive Frailty; Falls; Hip Fracture; Depression; Delirium; and Advanced Directives and Palliative Care.

Author : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136554759

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The Challenge of Slums by United Nations Human Settlements Programme Pdf

The Challenge of Slums presents the first global assessment of slums, emphasizing their problems and prospects. Using a newly formulated operational definition of slums, it presents estimates of the number of urban slum dwellers and examines the factors at all level, from local to global, that underlie the formation of slums as well as their social, spatial and economic characteristics and dynamics. It goes on to evaluate the principal policy responses to the slum challenge of the last few decades. From this assessment, the immensity of the challenges that slums pose is clear. Almost 1 billion people live in slums, the majority in the developing world where over 40 per cent of the urban population are slum dwellers. The number is growing and will continue to increase unless there is serious and concerted action by municipal authorities, governments, civil society and the international community. This report points the way forward and identifies the most promising approaches to achieving the United Nations Millennium Declaration targets for improving the lives of slum dwellers by scaling up participatory slum upgrading and poverty reduction programmes. The Global Report on Human Settlements is the most authoritative and up-to-date assessment of conditions and trends in the world's cities. Written in clear language and supported by informative graphics, case studies and extensive statistical data, it will be an essential tool and reference for researchers, academics, planners, public authorities and civil society organizations around the world.

Author : NEELA GANGULY
Publisher : MJP Publisher
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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SLUMS OF INDIA by NEELA GANGULY Pdf

Contents: 1. Introduction, 2. Slums of the World and in India, 3. Health Care Delivery In India, 4. Slums in Chennai, 5. Health Care Programmes for the Slum Population of Chennai City 6. Children, Women and Geriatric Care for the Slum Population of Chennai City 7. Conclusion and Suggestions. The inspiration to write this book came from the collection of data for a Need Assessment Study of a local slum near my residence. The buildings in the slum locality, the inhabitants and their livelihood, the availability of infrastructure, both governmental and private, in their vicinity and above all, the requirements and expectations of the population, all helped me undertake this study and thus the outcome of the thesis and this book.Specific reference is made to only 4 divisions from 4 zones from the erstwhile Chennai city before the expansion of 2012. Though expansion would have dispersed the ward and division numbers, the name of the location, its locality and the population remain the same. Therefore, I have simply changed the zone numbers to West, North, South-west and South.All the data pertaining to this study limits to the year 2009. Though this parameter is in fact a shortcoming to the study, the hypotheses and its outcome remain significant to this day. Also the representing sample of 300 compared to the total population of 6,26,271 of the 4 zones put together is sufficient since the sample population and the total population are not spread away from each other.

Author : David Rudlin,Shruti Hemani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000705201

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Climax City by David Rudlin,Shruti Hemani Pdf

Book Award Finalist for Urban Design Group Awards 2020 Human settlements are the result of a mix of self-organisation and planning. Planners are fighting a losing battle to impose order on chaotic systems. Connections between the process of urban growth and the fields of complexity theory are of increasing importance to planners and urbanists alike; the idea that cities are emergent structures created not by design but from the interplay of relatively simple rules and forces over time. From the the small Tuscan hill town to the megacities of Asia: the struggle between the planned and the unplanned is universal. Based on years of international research, Climax City is a critical exploration of the growth of cities and masterplanning. Challenging the idea that the city can be entirely planned on paper, this book implores you to work with chaos when planning cities. Beautifully illustrated with striking hand-drawn plans of global cities, this is a vital and accessible contribution to urban theory and planning. It’s the perfect title for practitioners and academics across planning and urban design looking to make sense out of chaos.