European Civil War films memory, conflict, and nostalgia
This book examines the ways in which late twentieth-century European cinema deals with the neglected subject of civil war. Exploring a range of films about the Spanish, Irish, former Yugoslavia, and Greek civil wars, this comparative and interdisciplinary study engages with contemporary debates in c...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge
2013.
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| Colección: | Routledge advances in film studies ;
18 Routledge Advances in Film Studies |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798426306719 |
| Sumario: | This book examines the ways in which late twentieth-century European cinema deals with the neglected subject of civil war. Exploring a range of films about the Spanish, Irish, former Yugoslavia, and Greek civil wars, this comparative and interdisciplinary study engages with contemporary debates in cultural memory and investigates the ways in which cinematic postmemory is problematic. Many of the films present an idealized past that glosses over the reality of these civil wars, at times producing a nostalgic discourse of loss and longing. Other films engage with the past in a melancholic fas |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes filmography, bibliographical references, and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136250644 9781283643276 9780203104699 9781136250651 |
