Slums on Screen: World Cinema and the Planet of Slums

Igor Krstić

Slums on Screen

World Cinema and the Planet of Slums

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From Jacob Riis' How The Other Half Lives (1890) to Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Igor Krstić outlines a transnational history of films that either document or fictionalise the favelas, shantytowns, barrios poulares or chawls of our 'planet of slums'.

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World Cinema and the Planet of Slums

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of Figures
pp vi-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-x

Introduction
pp 1-15

1 - Slums on and off Screen
pp 16-40

Part One - Global Currents
pp 41-42

2 - Sensational Remediations
pp 43-68

3 - Documentary Mappings
pp 69-90

4 - Neorealist Narratives
pp 91-114

5 - Third Docufictions
pp 115-139

6 - Postmodern Bricolages
pp 140-163

7 - Digital Realisms
pp 164-192

Part Two - Local Expressions
pp 193-194

8 - Favelas on Screen
pp 195-224

9 - Bombay Cinema
pp 225-256

Conclusion
pp 257-262

Bibliography
pp 263-277

Index
pp 278-283

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