Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order: Understanding the American Avante-Garde Cinema (Contemporary Film and Television Series) - Hardcover

James Peterson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814324568 ISBN 13: 9780814324561

Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr, 1994

Synopsis

In spite of the difficulty of most American avant-garde films, one can read volumes and find almost no mention of how to view these films. Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order addresses precisely this question: how-and to what extent-can viewers make sense of American avant-garde films? It is a controversial book that examines the implicit assumptions of traditional scholarship, advocates on alternative to dominant approaches to the avant-garde cinema, and questions some long-standing clichés about the history of the avant-garde.

About this title

Book Description:

This is a controversial book that examines the implicit assumptions of other scholars, advocates an alternative to dominant approaches to the avant-garde cinema, and questions some long-standing clichés about the history of the avant-garde.

About the Author:

James Peterson is a writer and scholar living in Madison, Wisconsin. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0814324568
• ISBN 13: 9780814324561
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 212