[ecrea] new book The Multi-Protagonist FIlm

> María del Mar Azcona, The
> Multi-Protagonist Film, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
> The Multi-Protagonist Film explores the origins and history of one
> of the most exciting new developments in contemporary film worldwide.
> This “new” genre isn’t really new at all; rather, its historical roots
> run deep in the Hollywood canon – think Grand Hotel – and
> re-emerge in contemporary iterations in movies such as Singles,
> American Pie, Short Cuts, and Syriana.
> This volume provides elegant analyses of a variety of films to help chart
> the genre’s evolution and to explore the complexity, mixed messaging, and
> signal changes that define the multi-protagonist film in the current age.
> >From the impact of globalization on society to shifting morals and
> aftershocks of the sexual revolution, The Multi-Protagonist Film
> helps us to understand the genre and the imponderables that define the
> political, cultural, public and private spheres.
> Table of Contents
> Introduction
> 1 A Brief History of the Multi-Protagonist Film
> 2 Theorizing the Multi-Protagonist Film
> 3 An Early Experiment: Grand Hotel
> 4 Short Cuts and the Consolidation of a Genre
> 5 Adolescent Tapestries: American Pie
> 6 Intimacy Multiplies: Singles
> 7 Global Thrills: Syriana
> Conclusion