Straßenkämpfe und Fernsehlügen

Darryl Jones's introduction and notes provide a fascinating insight into James's background and his mastery of the genre he made his own

and Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Ryan Pfluger

Urban Lament - Collective Expressions of Pain, Rage, and Affection Abel Rodríguez Straßenkämpfe und FernsehlügenLamentation practices can empower the potentiality to defy patriarchal orders ruling everyday life. Always a collective process, lamentation inscribes loss and vulnerability by tending bridges towards the world of the dead and the more than human. Gestures such as singing or breathing, gathering, and performances that exceed rationality can inspire a renewed approach to life and death, rural and urban. After all, amidst ongoing processes of