National identity in global cinema How movies explain the world /
When themes of historical and cultural identity appear and repeat in popular film, it is possible to see the real pulse of a nation and comprehend a people, their culture, and their history. National Identity in Global Cinema describes how national cultures, as reflected in popular cinema, can truly...
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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Italian and Italian American studies
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230117174 |
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When themes of historical and cultural identity appear and repeat in popular film, it is possible to see the real pulse of a nation and comprehend a people, their culture, and their history. National Identity in Global Cinema describes how national cultures, as reflected in popular cinema, can truly explain the world, one country at a time. "This book, with its bold call for a new way to approach critical analysis of national cinemas, will stand up as a fundamental text of solid, timeless film criticism, outside of the critical vogues that come and go on a short timely base." - Marga Cottino-Jones, Emerita Professor of Italian, UCLA. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230108820, 2011. |
Carrier Form: | 190 p. |
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9780230108820 9780230117174 : 0230117171 : |
CLC: | J905 |
Contents: | China's Confucian, Misogynistic Nationalism * Finland's Rural Urban Split * A Certain Suicidal Tendency in French Cinema * The Promises of India * The Iranian Splits * Italian Circularity * Death in Mexico * Ukrainian Dualism * America's Civil War and Hollywood's Pragmatism. |