Cinema of Flames: Balkan Film, Culture and the MediaBloomsbury Publishing, 2019 M07 25 - 320 pages First study of cinema, media and the Balkan wars; Wide-ranging view of politics and culture of the region; The break-up of Yugoslavia triggered a truly international film-making project. Underground, Ulysses' Gaze, Before the Rain, Pretty Village, Pretty Flame and Welcome to Sarajevo were amongst a host of films created as the conflicts in the region unravelled. These conflicts restored the Balkans as a centrepiece of Western imagery and the media (especially cinema) assumed a leading but ambiguous role in defining it for global consumption through a narrow range of selectively defined images. Simultaneously, a lot of the high-quality cinematic and television work made in the region (much of it discussed in this book) remains relatively unknown. Cinema of Flames attempts to go deeper than the imagery and address some of the general concerns of the cross-cultural representation and self-representation of the Balkans: narrative strategies within the context of Balkan exclusion from the European cultural sphere, the cosmopolitan image of Sarejevo, diaspora, and the representations of villains, victims, women, and ethnic minorities, all considered in the general context of Balkan cinema. 'encyclopaedic in scope and brilliance, making excellent use of the scholarly literature whilst interweaving analysis of films and other mass media. The book will be a superb addition to the literatures on Bosnia and Yugoslavia. It will also serve as a standard reference on Balkans film.' Robert Hayden (University of Pittsburgh) |
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... past five years, since the birth of my son, I have had to move home three times. Leaving friends and family behind and changing places became an intricate part of my migratory existence. It would not have been possible to complete my ...
... past five years, since the birth of my son, I have had to move home three times. Leaving friends and family behind and changing places became an intricate part of my migratory existence. It would not have been possible to complete my ...
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... be recognised. During the past five years I spent hours every day watching images of death and destruction for my work on this project. The birth and the infancy of my own son and the early joys of motherhood coincided with Introduction.
... be recognised. During the past five years I spent hours every day watching images of death and destruction for my work on this project. The birth and the infancy of my own son and the early joys of motherhood coincided with Introduction.
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... past decades, such a concept may seem somewhat artificial. My knowledge of the cinematic traditions of the countries in the region, however, reveals a number of consistent aesthetic, stylistic and thematic features that allow me to be ...
... past decades, such a concept may seem somewhat artificial. My knowledge of the cinematic traditions of the countries in the region, however, reveals a number of consistent aesthetic, stylistic and thematic features that allow me to be ...
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... past.21 Although a forthcoming scholarly collaborative effort, edited by Daniel Goulding and Catherine Portuges, discusses the cinemas of the former Eastern bloc countries, it is my feeling that this will be the last edited volume to ...
... past.21 Although a forthcoming scholarly collaborative effort, edited by Daniel Goulding and Catherine Portuges, discusses the cinemas of the former Eastern bloc countries, it is my feeling that this will be the last edited volume to ...
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... Past (1995) made me think of the choices that film-makers face when representing historical material. Studies looking at general issues of cross-cultural representation were, once again, of great importance in my work. Ella Shohat and ...
... Past (1995) made me think of the choices that film-makers face when representing historical material. Studies looking at general issues of cross-cultural representation were, once again, of great importance in my work. Ella Shohat and ...
Contents
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Part 2 Commitments Amid Strife | 87 |
Part 3 People | 173 |
Part 4 Spaces | 233 |
Bibliography | 283 |
Filmography | 300 |
Index | 318 |
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