Migrants' Perspectives, Migrants in Perspective

World Cinema

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

AvNicole Beth Wallenbrock,Frank Jacob

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Analyses how migrants are portrayed in film from different viewpointsDeciphers the semiotics of migration and its representation in cinemaAnalyses films which depict migration in Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle EastExplores films that transgress mainstream popular currents and instead participate in alternative networks, such as internet, festivals, museums, and art-house circuitsPresenting the depiction of migration through a variety of cinematic outlets, this volume explores film's depiction of human displacement in different geographic circumstances and probes the reasons why cinema so frequently evokes a stereotype of in-transit people. Techniques of affect and distance are revealed in the contributors' close film studies of wide-ranging matter which include works by the Dardenne brothers, transnational video artists Ghazel and Bouchra Khalili, and studies of Syrian films at Western festivals.Migrants' Perspective, Migrants in Perspective: World Cinema deciphers the semiotics of migration and its representation in cinema, exploring both the complications of shooting a migrant subject, and the challenges of including the migrants' point of view.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-05-22
Mått156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt426 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474456777

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1. Migrants’ Perspectives, Migrants in Perspectives: World Cinema - An Introduction - Nicole B. Wallenbrock and Frank JacobSection I: Migrants’ Perspective2. Migrants and Refugees in Moving Image Contemporary Art: Ghazel’s "Home (Stories)" and Bouchra Khalili’s "The Mapping Journey Project" - Valerie Behiery3. Forced Migration and Fantasies of Return in Palestinian Cinema: When I Saw You (Annemarie Jacir, 2012) and Gate of the Sun (Yousry Nasrallah, 2003) - Drew Paul4. Displacement and the Vicissitudes of Pan-Arabism: Between The Dupes (Tewfik Saleh, 1973) and In the Last Days of the City (Tamer El Said, 2016) - Mohannad Ghawanmeh5. Still/Moving: An Analysis of Recent Films about Transnational Migration from Central America to the USA - William Brown6. Japanese Immigrant Identities on the Brazilian Screen: Gaijin: Os Caminhos da Liberdade (1983) and Corações Sujos (2011) - Frank JacobSection II: Migrants in Perspective7. Communitarian versus Humanitarian Forces in the Dardenne Brothers’ La Promesse and Le Silence de Lorna - Colleen Hays8. This is not Paradise and the Journey Was not Worth it: Globalisation, Financial Crisis and the Portrayal of the Sub-Saharan Immigrant in Two Spanish Films - Marta F. Suarez9. Mobility Constrained and Enabled by Gender: The in-transit africaine of Hope (Boris Lokjine, 2014) - Nicole B. Wallenbrock10. Un/documented Migration in "Borderland Schengen" - Jan Kühnemund11. Circulating Images of Death: Festival Films and the Syrian Refugee Crisis - Michelle BaroodyContributorsIndex

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