Cinephilia in transition

Malte Hagener; Marijke Valck

doi:10.5117/9789089640253

Cinephilia in transition

Malte Hagener
, Marijke Valck

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Abstract

When discussing the concept of cinephilia, the first and perennial question that inevitably comes to mind is what do we actually mean by cinephilia, this rare and elusive feeling of nostalgic attachment to images, stories, and sounds, this strangely elitist relationship to an art form that is still often derided as blatantly commercial. As popular as the term has proven to be, at least since theCahiers du cinémacritics launched it as a battle cry in the 1960s, it seems hard to nail it down to any foolproof definition. The problem of theoretically understanding one’s libidinal, emotional, and affective...

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Mind the screen : Media Concepts According to Thomas Elsaesser
Editors	Jaap Kooijman, Patricia Pisters, Wanda Strauven
Number of pages	13
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	Amsterdam University Press
Publication date	01.01.2008
Pages	19-31
ISBN (Print)	978-9089640253, 9089640258
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5117/9789089640253
Publication status	Published - 01.01.2008

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Media and communication studies

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