Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order: Understanding the American Avant-Garde Cinema

by James Peterson

Book Overview

This is a controversial book that examines the implicit assumptions of other scholars, advocates an alternative to dominant approaches to the avant-garde cinema, and questions some long-standing clich s about the history of the avant-garde.

In spite of the difficulty of most American avant-garde films, one can read volumes and find almost no mention of how to view these films. Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order addresses precisely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814324576
• ISBN13: 9780814324578
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 10.0"