Slums On Screen

Author : Igor Krstic
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474406888

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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 : 52,6 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 : 46,5 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 : 42,6 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 : 54,9 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 : Akshayakumar Ramanlal Desai,S. Devadas Pillai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 41,7 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 : 42,5 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 : 43,5 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 : Alan Mayne
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780238876

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Slums by Alan Mayne Pdf

More than half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, and a billion of these urban dwellers reside in neighborhoods of entrenched disadvantage—neighborhoods that are characterized as slums. Slums are often seen as a debilitating and even subversive presence within society. In reality, though, it is public policies that are often at fault, not the people who live in these neighborhoods. In this comprehensive global history, Alan Mayne explores the evolution and meaning of the word “slum,” from its origins in London in the early nineteenth century to its use as a slur against the favela communities in the lead-up to the Rio Olympics in 2016. Mayne shows how the word slum has been extensively used for two hundred years to condemn and disparage poor communities, with the result that these agendas are now indivisible from the word’s essence. He probes beyond the stereotypes of deviance, social disorganization, inertia, and degraded environments to explore the spatial coherence, collective sense of community, and effective social organization of poor and marginalized neighborhoods over the last two centuries. In mounting a case for the word’s elimination from the language of progressive urban social reform, Slums is a must-read book for all those interested in social history and the importance of the world’s vibrant and vital neighborhoods.

Author : María Mercedes Vázquez Vázquez
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 52,7 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 : Tsung-Yi Michelle Huang
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789622096363

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Walking Between Slums and Skyscrapers by Tsung-Yi Michelle Huang Pdf

The book is concerned with the effects of globalization on living space (i.e. the space of everyday life), focusing specifically on East Asian metropolises, such as Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai. Globalization has given rise to accessible catch-phrases such as the "global village" and "this is a small world." In each part of the book the author juxtaposes a "social" account of the city's urban space as it has been reshaped by the process of globalization with a "private" account of the urban landscape as experienced by its walkers (as represented in the films of Wong Kar-wai and Shinya Tsukamoto and the novels of Wang Anyi). Rather than rest here, the author wishes to show that for many of the inhabitants of the new global city, the "shrinking world" phenomenon is deeply literal: the "lived" space of everyday life is shrinking to make room for rezoning, construction of new infrastructures, space modification — all in the name of urban development.

Author : Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781908979605

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Megacity Slums by Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky Pdf

This book looks at slums and social exclusion in the four major megacities of India and Brazil, and analyzes the interrelationships between urban policies and housing and environmental issues. The challenges posed in Delhi, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro and Suo Paulo have spurred public reformers into action through housing, rehabilitation and conservation programs. Civil society and the inhabitants of these cities have also begun to get involved. On the other hand, one must wonder whether these challenges were partly created by the deficiencies of these very reformers and civil society, be it their lack of intervention (as advocates of government intervention would argue), or the flaws and inadequacies of their actions (as supporters of the free market would suggest). Are policies alleviating or aggravating social exclusion This book explores these questions and more.

Author : Adam Michael Auerbach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 40,9 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 : Gita Dewan Verma
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113003060

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Slumming India by Gita Dewan Verma Pdf

This book is a chronicle of our times, offering a glimpse into what needs to be done, to redress the chaos that is urban development. Written with honesty, it is the story of the slumming in our cities and how a large number of urbanites living on pavements came to be slumwalas and how a number of urban development walas are letting our cities slowly die.

Author : David Rudlin,Shruti Hemani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 51,9 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.