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The art of Czech animation : a history of political dissent and allegory
- Title
- The art of Czech animation : a history of political dissent and allegory / Adam Whybray.
- Author
- Whybray, Adam
- Publication
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- xii, 290 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- 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 Jiri Trnka, Hermina Tyrlova, Jan Svankmajer and Jiri Barta. Stop-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. In 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. Such 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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-280), filmography (273-280) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-3778
- ISBN
- 1350104590
- 9781350104594
- OCLC
- 1153051226
- Author
- Whybray, Adam, author.
- Title
- The art of Czech animation : a history of political dissent and allegory / Adam Whybray.
- Publisher
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-280), filmography (273-280) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-3778