Border visions [[electronic resource] ] : identity and diaspora in film / / edited by Jakub Kazecki, Karen A. Ritzenhoff, Cynthia J. Miller

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxiv, 275 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 791.43
• Soggetto topico: Boundaries in motion pictures; Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KazeckiJakub RitzenhoffKaren A MillerCynthia J. <1958->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Utopias and dystopias : border visions and alternative (his/her) stories -- pt. 2. From the center to the margins : ideological dominance and liminal spaces -- pt. 3. Vanished borders : memory, nostalgia, and homesickness -- pt. 4. Growing up on the road : crossing borders and identity formation -- pt. 5. Narrative transgressions : crossing genres and border crossings.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers an overview of global cinema that addresses borders as spaces of hybridity and change. In this collection of essays, contributors examine how cinema portrays conceptions of borderlands informed by knowledge, politics, art, memory, and lived experience, and how these constructions contribute to a changing global community. These essays analyze a variety of international feature films and documentaries that focus on the lives, cultures, and politics of borderlands. The essays discuss the ways in which conflicts and their resolutions occur in borderlands and how
• Titolo autorizzato: Border visions
• ISBN: 0-8108-9051-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463089303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II