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The Europeanization of Cinema: Interzones and Imaginative Communities
Randall Halle
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Hardback. Shows how cinema both reflects and engenders interzones that explore the important questions of Europe's social order: imperialism and nation-building in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; "first contact" between former adversaries (such as East and West Germany) following World War II and the Cold War. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 black and white photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
In this innovative study, German and film studies scholar Randall Halle advances the concept of "interzones"--geographical and ideational spaces of transit, interaction, transformation, and contested diversity--as a mechanism for analyzing European cinema.
He focuses especially on films about borders, borderlands, and cultural zones as he traces the development of interzones from the inception of central European cinema to the avant-garde films of today. Throughout, he shows how cinema both reflects and engenders interzones that explore the important questions of Europe's social order: imperialism and nation-building in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; "first contact" between former ... Read more
In this innovative study, German and film studies scholar Randall Halle advances the concept of "interzones"--geographical and ideational spaces of transit, interaction, transformation, and contested diversity--as a mechanism for analyzing European cinema.
He focuses especially on films about borders, borderlands, and cultural zones as he traces the development of interzones from the inception of central European cinema to the avant-garde films of today. Throughout, he shows how cinema both reflects and engenders interzones that explore the important questions of Europe's social order: imperialism and nation-building in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; "first contact" between former ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252038457
SKU
V9780252038457
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About Randall Halle
Randall Halle is the Klaus W. Jonas Professor of German and film studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of German Film after Germany: Toward a Transnational Aesthetic.
Reviews for The Europeanization of Cinema: Interzones and Imaginative Communities
"An original and ground-breaking view of the post-Wende central European landscape, drawn from a remarkable abundance of sources. Halle's writing is intelligent and even amusing
I couldn't put the book down until I had read it to the last page."
Janina Falkowska, author of Andrzej Wajda: History, Politics, and Nostalgia in Polish Cinema "Fascinating. The book's meticulous, insightful, and effective ... Read more
I couldn't put the book down until I had read it to the last page."
Janina Falkowska, author of Andrzej Wajda: History, Politics, and Nostalgia in Polish Cinema "Fascinating. The book's meticulous, insightful, and effective ... Read more