This chapter locates class and class struggle in the context of post-2008 Greek cinema and politics. Recent Greek films have often been read as allegories of Greece's political and economic situation. Barotsi focuses on one such film, Standing Aside, Watching (2013) by Giorgos Servetas, in which the main character is forced to move from the city to a small town due to financial difficulties. Barotsi examines how this move exposes the changing status of the Greek middle class, and how the issue of class is entangled with questions of patriarchy and urban versus provincial status.
Barotsi, R., Aggressive prosperity, violent austerity in Standing Aside, Watching, in Mazierska, E., Kristensen, L., Contemporary Cinema and Neoliberal Ideology, Routledge, Abingdon (UK) 2018: 137-152 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/179377]
Aggressive prosperity, violent austerity in Standing Aside, Watching
Barotsi, Rosa
2018
Abstract
This chapter locates class and class struggle in the context of post-2008 Greek cinema and politics. Recent Greek films have often been read as allegories of Greece's political and economic situation. Barotsi focuses on one such film, Standing Aside, Watching (2013) by Giorgos Servetas, in which the main character is forced to move from the city to a small town due to financial difficulties. Barotsi examines how this move exposes the changing status of the Greek middle class, and how the issue of class is entangled with questions of patriarchy and urban versus provincial status.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.