TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lisa Socrates
PY  - 2015
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1661-0261
SN  - 9783035306903
TI  - Time and Space in Contemporary Greek-Cypriot Cinema
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-0353-0690-3
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1052664
N2  - Why does the 1974 war in Cyprus remain so dominant in Greek-Cypriot cinema? How has this event shaped the imagination of contemporary filmmakers, and how might one define the new national cinema that has emerged as a result? This book explores such questions by analysing a range of Greek-Cypriot films that have hitherto received little or no critical discussion.  The book adopts a predominantly conceptual approach, situating contemporary Greek-Cypriot cinema within a specific cultural and national context. Drawing on the work of the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, and particularly his theories of time and space, the author explores ways in which Greek-Cypriot directors invent new forms of imagery as a way of dealing with the crisis of history, the burden of memory and the dislocation of the island’s abandoned spaces.
KW  - National cinema, Gilles Deleuze, Imagery, Historical crisis, Cultural context
LA  - English
ER  -