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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453475003321

Titolo

European cinema after the wall : screening East-West mobility / / edited by Leen Engelen, Kris van Heuckelom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4422-2960-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Film and History

Altri autori (Persone)

EngelenLeen

HeuckelomKris van <1976->

Disciplina

791.43094

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Europe - History

Cold War - Influence

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 West/East Crossings; 2 Transcending the "Poor Relative" Metaphor; 3 Vesna Run Faster!; 4 The Panic over Motherhood; 5 From Dysfunction to Restoration; 6 Podonki in Albion; 7 Staying Home and Safe; 8 The Latvian Accent; 9 Riverboat Europe; 10 Eastern Tales of Going West; Index; About the Editors and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The past three decades have seen the rise of a transnational European cinema, not only in terms of production, but also in terms of a growing focus on multi-ethnic themes within the European context. The collapse of the Iron Curtain and the subsequent (and on-going) enlargement of the European Union have played a major role in this shift from national to trans-European filmmaking. Its most obvious on-screen manifestation is the increa