[This book] discusses how the Hungarian and Romanian film industries show signs of becoming a regional hub within the Eastern European canon, a process occasionally facilitated by the cultural overlap through the historical province of Transylvania. Andrea Virginas employs a film historical overview to merge the study of small national cinemas with film genre theory and cultural theory and posits that Hollywood-originated classical film genres have been important fields of reference for the development of these Eastern European cinemas. Furthermore, Virginas argues that Hungarian and Romanian genre films demonstrate a valid evolution within the given genre's standards, and thus need to be incorporated into the global discourse on this subject. Scholars of film studies, Eastern European studies, cultural studies, and history will find this book particularly useful.
Andrea Virginas is associate professor in the media department of Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania.
Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introductory Framework: A Historical Meta-Narrative, Conceptual Foundations, Corpus and Methodology Chapter 2: An Overview of Hungarian and Romanian Genre Cinema in the 20th Century Chapter 3: Small National Cinemas, Genre Theory and Cultural Polysystems: Film Genre Terminology as it Pertains to 21st Century Hungarian and Romanian Cinemas Chapter 4: A 21st Century Panorama: Glocal Connections and Regional Resemblances in Hungarian and Romanian Popular Films Chapter 5: Melodramas: "Non/Excessive Crisis Heterotopias" in Small National and Global Melodramas Chapter 6: Westerns, Gangsters and Thrillers: "Transparent" Western Vistas and Male Traumas along the Global Mainstream-Small National Axis Chapter 7: Transitional Horror and Science Fiction: Patterns of Embodiment in Mainstream and Small National Horror/Science-Fiction Hybrids Chapter 8: Crime and Changing Society/Technology: Analogue Feminine Traumas and Digital Electronic Traces in Small National Crime Thrillers Chapter 9: A Post/Classical Formation: The Co-Produced Eastern European Film Noir Chapter 10: Women's Films and Female Film Stars in 21st Century Hungarian and Romanian Cinema. Simplifying and Un-Glamorizing the Global Chapter 11: Conclusion. Classical Film Genres and Eastern European Small National Cinemas: Creative Interferences References About the Author
