Theorizing World Cinema

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Edited by Lúcia Nagib, Chris Perriam and Rajinder Dudrah

Type

Studies

Subject

Theory

Keywords

world cinema

Publishing date

2011

Publisher

I.B.Tauris

Collection

Tauris World Cinema Series

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 288 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-84885-493-2

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Book Presentation:
This innovative book is about the place of world cinema in the cultural imaginary. It also repositions world cinema in a wider discursive space than is usually the case and treats it as an object of theoretical enquiry, rather than as a commercial label. The editors and distinguished group of contributors offer a range of approaches and case studies whose organizing principle is the developing idea of polycentrism as applied to cinema. They refine and redefine key concepts in film studies, including identification and identity, narrative and realism, allegory and the national project, auteurism and the popular, art and genre. They re-evaluate how cinema shapes and responds to the philosophical, cultural and political effects of transnationalism and cosmopolitanism in the age of the moving image, and explore the interconnectedness of films produced worldwide, as well as the links between cinema and other visual cultural forms. The contributors include: John Caughie, Felicia Chan, Tiago de Luca, Rajinder Dudrah, Song Hwee Lim, Laura Mulvey, Lucia Nagib, Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, Chris Perriam, Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Julian Smith, and Ismail Xavier.

About the authors:
Lucia Nagib is Centenary Professor of World Cinema and Director of the Centre for World Cinemas, University of Leeds. She is Series Editor of Tauris' 'World Cinema Series'. Chris Perriam is Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of Manchester. Rajinder Dudrah is Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies and Head of the Department of Drama, University of Manchester.

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