TY - GEN digital ID - 131671845 TI - The Precarious in the Cinemas of the Americas AU - Burucúa, Constanza AU - Sitnisky, Carolina PY - 2018 SN - 9783319768076 PB - Cham Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan DB - UniCat KW - Sociology of culture KW - Ethnology. Cultural anthropology KW - Telecommunication services KW - Film KW - History of civilization KW - etnologie KW - TV (televisie) KW - cultuur KW - film KW - leren KW - Amerikaanse cultuur KW - lesgeven KW - United States of America KW - America KW - Latin America UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131671845 AB - Historically, cinema in the Americas has been signed by a state of precariousness. Notwithstanding the growing accessibility to video and digital technologies, access to the material means of film production is still limited, affecting the spheres of production, distribution, and reception. Equally, questions about the precarious can be traced in cultural and archival policies, film legislations, as well as in thematic and aesthetic choices. While conventional definitions of the precarious have been associated with notions of scarcity and insecurity, this volume looks at precariousness from a non-monolithic angle, exploring its productivity and potential for original, critical approaches, with the aim of providing new readings to the variedly rich and complex cinemas of the Americas. ER -