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Cinélekta 9

The tradition of "Cinélekta" issues continues with this ninth volume, which, as is customary with these issues, offers a fragmented perspective on current research in film studies. [...] Different trajectories, then, that each in its own way, paint a picture of a field that, for several years now, has stood out for its diversity, certainly, but also and especially for its heuristic complexity.

We encounter this complexity both in the heart of analyses that arrange transhistorical philosophical intuitions – from Benjamin to Kant – with the spiritual and existential dimension of Agnès Varda's cinema (JiaoJiao Xia), and through studies of the deictic strategies conveyed by the various transcreations of Anne Hébert's prose (Marie Pascal). This complexity is also heuristic, in that it reveals all the epistemological richness of cinema, even popular audiovisual production that has for too long remained in the blind spot of academic research. Whether analyzing Clint Eastwood's performances through the lens of new masculinity (Antonio Cantos Ceballos), audience engagement with antiepisodic thriller-type TV series (Anne-Sophie Gravel), the social resonance of zombie films (Emilio Audissino), or political expressivity within Brazilian science fiction (Alfredo Suppia), the same theoretical gesture manifests itself: the one created, first and foremost, by the labor of thought in a dialogue of genres, approaches and epistemes. These dialogues are joined by studies that take an original and unprecedented look at theoretical and philosophical contributions by well-known authors such as Stanley Cavell (Benjamin Lesson), or at knowledge that is just waiting to be revisited, such as that surrounding the devices of colonial propaganda in Africa (Vincent Bouchard). Like the previous eight editions, this ninth edition of “Cinélekta” aims to offer a polaroid of scientific research within current film studies.

[Excerpt from Richard Bégin's presentation of the issue]

With contributions by

Emilio Audissino, Richard Bégin, Vincent Bouchard, Antonio Cantos Ceballos, Anne-Sophie Gravel, Benjamin Lesson, Marie Pascal, Alfredo Suppia, JiaoJiao Xia