| Transnational Cinema, The Film Reader Contributor(s): Ezra, Elizabeth (Editor), Rowden, Terry (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415371570 ISBN-13: 9780415371575 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: "Transnational Cinema: The Film Reader" provides an overview of the key concepts and debates within the developing field of transnational cinema. Bringing together seminal essays from a wide range of sources, this volume engages with films that fashion their narrative and aesthetic dynamics in relation to more than one national or cultural community, and that reflect the impact of advanced capitalism and new media technologies in an increasingly interconnected world-system. The essays demonstrate that, in an era no longer marked by the sharp divisions between communist and capitalist nation states, or even "first" and "third" worlds, Europe and the U.S. must be factored into the increasingly hybrid notion of "world cinema." The reader is divided into four sections: ? From National to Transnational Cinema ? Global Cinema in the Digital Age ? Motion Pictures: Film, Migration and Diaspora ? Tourists and Terrorists When read in juxtaposition, these essays make clear that the significance of crossing borders varies according to the ethnic and/or gendered identity of the traveller, suggesting that the crossing of certain lines generates fundamental shifts in both the aesthetics and the ethics of cinema as a representational art. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 791.43 |
| LCCN: 2005016520 |
| Series: In Focus--Routledge Film Readers |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.36" W x 9.26" (1.02 lbs) 222 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Transnational Cinema: The Film Reader provides an overview of the key concepts and debates within the developing field of transnational cinema. Bringing together seminal essays from a wide range of sources, this volume engages with films that fashion their narrative and aesthetic dynamics in relation to more than one national or cultural community. The reader is divided into four sections:
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