Orphans of the East Postwar Eastern European Cinema and the Revolutionary Subject

Unlike the benevolent orphan found in Charlie Chaplin's The Kid or the sentimentalized figure of Little Orphan Annie, the orphan in postwar Eastern European cinema takes on a more politically fraught role, embodying the tensions of individuals struggling to recover from war and grappling with a...

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Main Author Parvulescu, Constantin
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Bloomington ; Indianapolis Indiana University Press 2015
Edition1
Subjects
20th century
Abandoned children in motion pictures
Europe
Europe, Eastern
Film & Video
Film Studies
HISTORY
History & Criticism
Motion pictures
Motion pictures > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century
Orphans in motion pictures
PERFORMING ARTS
Russia & the Former Soviet Union
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents Introduction: 1: Creatures of the Event: 2: Producing Revolutionary Consciousness in the Times of Radical Socialism 3: The Testifying Orphan: 4: Children of the Revolution: 5: The Family of Victims: Epilogue: Notes Works Cited Index Back Matter
  • Notes Index About the Author Works Cited Epilogue: The Abandoned Offspring of Late Socialism 5. The Family of Victims: Stalinism Revisited in the 1980s 4. Children of the Revolution: The Rebirth of the Subject in Revisionist Discourse 3. The Testifying Orphan: Rethinking Modernity’s Optimism 2. Producing Revolutionary Consciousness in the Times of Radical Socialism 1. Creatures of the Event: Subject Production in the Reconstruction Era Contents Introduction: The Socialist Experience and Beyond Title Page, Copyright Cover
  • Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: The Socialist Experience and Beyond -- 1 Creatures of the Event: Subject Production in the Reconstruction Era -- 2 Producing Revolutionary Consciousness in the Times of Radical Socialism -- 3 The Testifying Orphan: Rethinking Modernity's Optimism -- 4 Children of the Revolution: The Rebirth of the Subject in Revisionist Discourse -- 5 The Family of Victims: Stalinism Revisited in the 1980s -- Epilogue: The Abandoned Offspring of Late Socialism -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z