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European Cinema in Motion: Migrant and Diasporic Film in Contemporary Europe

European Cinema in Motion: Migrant and Diasporic Film in Contemporary Europe

by Daniela Berghahn (Editor), Claudia Sternberg (Editor)

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This collection brings together international experts on the cinema of migration and diaspora in postcolonial and postnational Europe. It offers a comprehensive theoretical and analytical discussion of a highly productive creative sector and documents the spectrum of this area of exploration in European, transnational and World Cinema studies.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 336
 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 20 Aug 2010
ISBN 10: 0230278981
ISBN 13: 9780230278981
Book Overview: BIRGIT BEUMERS Reader in Russian at the University of Bristol, UK DENIZ GOKTURK Professor of German at the University of California, Berkeley, USA ENCARNACION GUTIERREZ RODRIGUEZ Lecturer in Transcultural Studies in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at Manchester University, UK DINA IORDANOVA Director of the Centre for Film Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK ANNE JACKEL Visiting Research Fellow at the Faculty of Languages and European Studies, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK GARETH JONES Film Consultant and owner of the production company Scenario Films Ltd SARITA MALIK Lecturer in Media and Communications at Brunel University, UK ISABEL SANTAOLOLLA Professor in Spanish and Film Studies at Roehampton University, London, UK CARRIE TARR Professor of Film Studies at Kingston University, UK JAMES S. WILLIAMS Professor of Modern French Literature and Film at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Media Reviews

An important contribution filled with original work and insightful analyses. - Randall Halle, Klaus W. Jonas Professor of German Film and Cultural Studies, University of Pittsburgh, USA

A welcome addition to European cinema studies and a timely contribution to the growing fields of diasporic, migrant and transnational cinemas. This thought-provoking collection, which manages to be both diverse and coherent, will be consulted for years to come. - Elizabeth Ezra, Professor of Cinema and Culture, University of Stirling, UK

'The editors' avowed awareness of the conceptual problems inherent in their terms and definitions, together with their thorough review of current debates and the contributors' own engaging analyses, provide this book with the potential to open up alluring research avenues across disciplinary and textual boundaries.' - Journal of Contemporary European Studies

'This volume offers a unique contribution to migration debates ... the editors provide an excellent overview of well- and lesser-known European films dealing with migration and multiculturalism.' - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Author Bio
BIRGIT BEUMERS Reader in Russian at the University of Bristol, UK DENIZ GOKTURK Professor of German at the University of California, Berkeley, USA ENCARNACION GUTIERREZ RODRIGUEZ Lecturer in Transcultural Studies in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at Manchester University, UK DINA IORDANOVA Director of the Centre for Film Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK ANNE JACKEL Visiting Research Fellow at the Faculty of Languages and European Studies, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK GARETH JONES Film Consultant and owner of the production company Scenario Films Ltd SARITA MALIK Lecturer in Media and Communications at Brunel University, UK ISABEL SANTAOLOLLA Professor in Spanish and Film Studies at Roehampton University, London, UK CARRIE TARR Professor of Film Studies at Kingston University, UK JAMES S. WILLIAMS Professor of Modern French Literature and Film at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK