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Part of Time and the Everyday in Slow Cinema Containing:
Introduction
A Slow Revolution?
Time
The Everyday
The Politics of Cinematic Time
Conclusion
Title
The Everyday
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Rosa Barotsi
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https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-34_03
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Time and the Everyday in Slow Cinema
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Berlin
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ICI Berlin Press
Date
8 July 2025
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224
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Cite as: Rosa Barotsi, ‘The Everyday’, in Rosa Barotsi, Time and the Everyday in Slow Cinema, Cultural Inquiry, 34 (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2025), pp. 161-224 <https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-34_03>