The Aesthetics and Politics of Cinematic Pedestrianism

Walking in Films

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by Asli Özgen

Type

Studies

Subject

Sociology

Keywords

body, movement

Publishing date

2022

Publisher

Amsterdam University Press

Collection

Film Culture in Transition

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 256 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-94-6372-475-3

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Book Presentation:
The Aesthetics and Politics of Cinematic Pedestrianism: Walking in Films offers a rich exploration of the cinematic aesthetics that filmmakers devised to reflect the corporeal and affective experience of walking in the city. Drawing from literature in urban studies, film theory, and aesthetic philosophy, it is the first monograph to approach the history of cinema from the perspective of walking. A series of case studies providing nuanced analyses of widely referenced figures, such as the flaneur/fl neuse, vagabond, and nomad, reveal how filmmakers articulated their objection to repressive structures through depictions of walking: a common, everyday act yet transgressive, bold, and indomitable. Through the lens of Henri Lefebvre's theory of space, Michel de Certeau's concept of pedestrian acts, and Jacques Ranci re's treatment of the politics of aesthetics, Walking in Films traces how cinema evolved in conversation with the mobile body and the new images, styles, and techniques that emerged with it.

About the Author:
Asli Özgen is film lecturer at the Media Studies, University of Amsterdam. She researches film historiography, with a particular interest in feminist and decolonial interventions, focusing on difficult pasts and contested film heritage.

See the publisher website: Amsterdam University Press