TY - BOOK AU - Moser,Walter AU - Ndalianis,Angela AU - Krieger,Peter ED - Moser, Walter TI - Neo-Baroques: from Latin America to the Hollywood Blockbuster. SN - 9789004324343 AV - PN1995 N384 2017 U1 - 791.43 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill Rodopi KW - Motion pictures KW - Mass media KW - Civilization, Baroque KW - Art, Baroque KW - Influence N1 - 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 -- ER -