Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; TRADITIONS IN WORLD CINEMA; 1. VERNACULAR MAGIC REALISM IN GLOBALISING EUROPE; 2. THEY LIVE ON MARS: THE MAGIC OF THE PERIPHERY; 3. WOODEN MONSTERS, DEAD BODIES AND THINGS: EMBODYING THE OTHER; 4. BETWEEN FANTASY AND MIMESIS: CARNIVAL, CHILDREN AND CINEMA; EPILOGUE: THREE ENCOUNTERS; SELECT FILMOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
Magic Realist Cinema is the first book-length critical analysis of magic realism in cinema