Ana Grgić: <i>Early Cinema, Modernity and Visual Culture. The Imaginary of the Balkans

Abstract

In her new book Early Cinema, Modernity and Visual Culture. The Imaginary of the Balkans, Ana Grgić defines the region as a cultural entity captured at the turn of the twentieth century – a period marked by the culture of modernity sweeping Europe and the emergence of the moving pictures. This methodological approach contributes to breaking a longstanding tradition in the field of early and silent cinema studies focused on the ‘national’.

Keywords

• early cinema
• silent cinema
• modernity
• Balkans
• Balkanisation
• orientalism