New American Cinema
This month, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism celebrates New American Cinema. The New American Cinema was a movement to create independent films that expressed the countercultural moods and sensibilities of the late 1950s and early 1960s; these films represented a break away from the standardization and conformity of corporate Hollywood and from the ideological conservatism of the American mainstream. Learn more through the selection of articles below.
Updates to the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism - October 2021
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism is updated on a bi annual basis. The latest update adds 9 new articles across the Film, Intellectual Currents, Music, Visual Arts and Literature subject areas.
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View the full list of articles included in our October update:
Film
Lang, Fritz (1890 -1976)| Aaron Gerow
Intellectual Currents
Fabianism | Rachel McArthur
Luxemburg, Rosa (1871-1919) | Irene Gammel
Literature
Rimbaud, Jean Nicolas Arthur (1854–1891) | Emile de Rosnay
Glatstein, Jacob (1896-1971) | Alexandra Cubbon
Anderson, Margaret (1886-1973) | Cathy Waszczuk
Music
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911) | Geoffrey S. Cahn
Visual Arts
Braque, Georges (1882-1963) | Eva Bezverkhny
KuNgoni Center of Culture and Art | Alexandra Cubbon