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Author_Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier
Author_Eleonora Diamanti
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Cuban documentary
Cuban nightscapes
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forthcoming
Latin American cinema
Multimodal Anthropology
Night protests
Night studies
Nocturnal ethnography
Politics of fun
Post-socialist Cuba
Urban night
Product details
- ISBN 9781526148841
- Weight: 377g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 14 Jul 2026
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Cinematic nightscapes explores how the darkness of night in contemporary Cuba becomes a powerful site for political expression, cultural imagination and artistic experimentation. As the rhythms of the day give way to night, a different Cuba emerges, one where protests take shape, marginalized voices reclaim space, and filmmakers reimagine ethnographic and documentary storytelling. This book offers a sensorial and creative journey through Cuban documentary films that engage with the night not just as backdrop, but as a central character—shaping emotions, aesthetics and socio-political discourse. Blending theory with rich visual analysis, Cinematic Nightscapes asks: How does the night alter ethnographic practice? How do Cuban filmmakers use the night to imagine new futures? Through a reflexive, multimodal approach, the book invites readers to experience the complexities of nocturnal life in Cuba, where darkness illuminates new possibilities.
Eleonora Diamanti is Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies at John Cabot University
Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Victoria
