Neo-Baroques : from Latin America to the Hollywood Blockbuster. / txt
edited by Walter Moser, Angela Ndalianis, Peter Krieger.
- xii, 327 p. : ill. ; photo. ; 25 cm. book
- Postmodern studies 55 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction 1 Walter Moser -- PART 1 Neo-Baroques -- Introduction to Part 1 Walter Moser -- 1 Meditations on the Baroque Bolívar Echeverría (translated by María José Giménez) -- 2 Reconsidering Metatheatricality: Towards a Baroque Understanding of Postdramatic Theatre Karel Vanhaesebrouck -- 3 Fabricating Film—The Neo-Baroque Folds of Claire Denis Saige Walton -- 4 Baroque Affinities: Mifflin, Visconti, the Baroque and the Films of Glauber Rocha Rita Eder -- 5 Artist's Essay—The Neo-Baroque and Complexity Richard Reddaway -- PART 2 Religion -- Introduction to Part 2 Angela Ndalianis -- 6 Afro-Caribbean Belief Systems and the Neo-Baroque Novel: The Duel of Faiths in Alejo Carpentier's El reino de este mundo and Ludic Voodoo in Alfonso Quijada Urías's Lujuria tropical Hugh Hazelton -- 7 Temporal and Local Transfers: The Neo-Baroque between Politics, Religion and Entertainment Jens Baumgarten -- 8 The Religious Shines through: Religious Remnants and Resurgences in 90s Cinema Walter Moser -- 9 Artist's Essay: Towers, Shipwrecks, and Neo-Baroque Allegories Patrick Mahon -- PART 3 Cities -- Introduction to Part 3 Peter Krieger -- 10 Symbolic Dimensions and Cultural Functions of the Neo-Baroque Balustrade in Contemporary Mexico City: An Alternative Learning from Las Vegas Peter Krieger -- 11 Mexico City's Dissonant Modernity and the Marketplace Baroque: Salvador Novo's Nueva grandeza mexicana and Bernardo de Balbuena's La grandeza mexicana Monika Kaup -- 12 Baroque Theatricality and Scripted Spaces: From Movie Palace to Las Vegas Casinos Angela Ndalianis -- 13 Artist's Essay: Post-digital Neo-Baroque: Reinterpreting Baroque Reality and Beauty in Contemporary Architectural Design Marjan Colletti --