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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784239803321

Titolo

Race, class, and gender in "medieval" cinema [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lynn T. Ramey and Tison Pugh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

ISBN

9780230603561 (eBook)

0230603564

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

The new Middle Ages

Altri autori (Persone)

RameyLynn Tarte <1964->

PughTison

Disciplina

791.43/6552

Soggetti

Middle Ages in motion pictures

Race in motion pictures

Social classes in motion pictures

Sex role in motion pictures

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Filming the "Other" Middle Ages; Part I: Multicultural Identities: A Lost Ideal?; Part II: Barbarism and the Medieval Other; Part III: Romantic Values; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The medieval film genre is not, in general, concerned with constructing a historically accurate past, but much analysis nonetheless centers on highlighting anachronisms. This book aims to help scholars and aficionados of medieval film think about how the re-creation of an often mythical past performs important cultural work for modern directors and viewers. The essays in this collection demonstrate that directors intentionally insert modern preoccupations into a setting that would normally be considered incompatible with these concepts. The Middle Ages provide an imaginary space far enough removed from the present day to explore modern preoccupations with human identity.