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The Baroque is back in contemporary culture. The ten essays authored by international scholars, and three interventions by artists, examine the return of the baroque as Neo-Baroque through interdisciplinary perspectives. Understanding the Neo-Baroque as transcultural (between different cultures) and transhistorical (between historical moments) the contributors to this volume offer diverse perspectives that suggest the slipperiness of the Neo-Baroque may best be served by the term âNeo-Baroquesâ. Case studies analysed reflect this plurality and include: the productions of Belgian theatre company Abattoir Fermé; Claire Denisâ French New Extremist film Trouble Every Day; the novel Lujuria tropical by exiled El Salvadorian Quijada Urias; the science fiction blockbuster spectacles The Matrix and eXistenZ; and the spectacular grandeur of early Hollywood movie palaces and the contemporary Las Vegas Strip.
Contributors: Jens Baumgarten, Marjan Colletti, BolÃvar EcheverrÃa, Rita Eder, Hugh Hazelton, Monika Kaup, Peter Krieger, Patrick Mahon, Walter Moser, Angela Ndalianis, Richard Reddaway, Karel Vanhaesebrouck, Saige Walton.
Contributors: Jens Baumgarten, Marjan Colletti, BolÃvar EcheverrÃa, Rita Eder, Hugh Hazelton, Monika Kaup, Peter Krieger, Patrick Mahon, Walter Moser, Angela Ndalianis, Richard Reddaway, Karel Vanhaesebrouck, Saige Walton.
Walter Moser, Ph.D. (1968) is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Ottawa. He is a renowned scholar who has published widely, including the edited anthology Résurgences baroques. Trajectoires d'un processus transculturel, 2001.
Angela Ndalianis, Ph.D (1998) is Professor of Screen Studies at the University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on entertainment histories. Her publications include Neo-Baroque Aesthetics and Contemporary Entertainment (2004), The Horror Sensorium (2012), and The Contemporary Comic Book Superhero (2008).
Peter Krieger, Ph.D (1995) is Professor at the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His recent book is Transformaciones del paisaje urbano en México. Representación y registro visual, 2012.
Angela Ndalianis, Ph.D (1998) is Professor of Screen Studies at the University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on entertainment histories. Her publications include Neo-Baroque Aesthetics and Contemporary Entertainment (2004), The Horror Sensorium (2012), and The Contemporary Comic Book Superhero (2008).
Peter Krieger, Ph.D (1995) is Professor at the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His recent book is Transformaciones del paisaje urbano en México. Representación y registro visual, 2012.
Book IntroductionâWalter Moser
Part One: Neo-Baroques
Part One IntroductionâWalter Moser
1. Meditations on the BaroqueâBolÃvar EcheverrÃa
2. Reconsidering Metatheatricality: Towards a Baroque Understanding of Postdramatic TheatreâKarel Vanhaesebrouck
3. Fabricating Film: The Neo-Baroque Folds of Claire DenisâSaige Walton
4. Baroque Affinities : Wölfflin, Visconti, the Baroque and the Films of Glauber RochaâRita Eder
5. Artistâs Essay: The Neo-Baroque and ComplexityâRichard Reddaway
Part Two: Religion
Part Two IntroductionâAngela Ndalianis
6. Afro-Caribbean Belief Systems and the Neo-Baroque Novel: The Duel of Faiths in Alejo Carpentierâs El reino de este mundo and Ludic Voodoo in Alfonso Quijada UrÃasâs Lujuria tropical âHugh Hazelton
7. Temporal and Local Transfers: The Neo-Baroque Between Politics, Religion and Entertainment âJens Baumgarten
8. The Religious Shines Through: Religious Remnants and Resurgences in 90s Cinema âWalter Moser
9. Artistâs Essay: Towers, Shipwrecks, and Neo-Baroque AllegoriesâPatrick Mahon
Part Three: Cities
Part Three IntroductionâPeter Krieger
10. Symbolic Dimensions and Cultural Functions of the Neo-Baroque Balustrade in Contemporary Mexico City: An Alternative Learning from Las VegasâPeter Krieger
11. Mexico Cityâs Dissonant Modernity and the Marketplace Baroque: Salvador Novoâs Nueva grandeza mexicana and Bernardo de Balbuenaâs La grandeza mexicanaâMonika Kaup
12. Baroque Theatricality and Scripted Spaces: From Movie Palace to Las Vegas CasinosâAngela Ndalianis
13. Artistâs Essay: Post-Digital Neo-Baroque: Reinterpreting Baroque Reality in Contemporary Architectural DesignâMarjan Colletti
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
Part One: Neo-Baroques
Part One IntroductionâWalter Moser
1. Meditations on the BaroqueâBolÃvar EcheverrÃa
2. Reconsidering Metatheatricality: Towards a Baroque Understanding of Postdramatic TheatreâKarel Vanhaesebrouck
3. Fabricating Film: The Neo-Baroque Folds of Claire DenisâSaige Walton
4. Baroque Affinities : Wölfflin, Visconti, the Baroque and the Films of Glauber RochaâRita Eder
5. Artistâs Essay: The Neo-Baroque and ComplexityâRichard Reddaway
Part Two: Religion
Part Two IntroductionâAngela Ndalianis
6. Afro-Caribbean Belief Systems and the Neo-Baroque Novel: The Duel of Faiths in Alejo Carpentierâs El reino de este mundo and Ludic Voodoo in Alfonso Quijada UrÃasâs Lujuria tropical âHugh Hazelton
7. Temporal and Local Transfers: The Neo-Baroque Between Politics, Religion and Entertainment âJens Baumgarten
8. The Religious Shines Through: Religious Remnants and Resurgences in 90s Cinema âWalter Moser
9. Artistâs Essay: Towers, Shipwrecks, and Neo-Baroque AllegoriesâPatrick Mahon
Part Three: Cities
Part Three IntroductionâPeter Krieger
10. Symbolic Dimensions and Cultural Functions of the Neo-Baroque Balustrade in Contemporary Mexico City: An Alternative Learning from Las VegasâPeter Krieger
11. Mexico Cityâs Dissonant Modernity and the Marketplace Baroque: Salvador Novoâs Nueva grandeza mexicana and Bernardo de Balbuenaâs La grandeza mexicanaâMonika Kaup
12. Baroque Theatricality and Scripted Spaces: From Movie Palace to Las Vegas CasinosâAngela Ndalianis
13. Artistâs Essay: Post-Digital Neo-Baroque: Reinterpreting Baroque Reality in Contemporary Architectural DesignâMarjan Colletti
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
Neo-baroque scholars in diverse fields will be attracted to this book, including Cultural Theory, Film and Screen Studies, Art History, Latin American Studies, Literature, Architecture.