Guido Rings is Professor of Postcolonial Studies, director of the Research Unit for Intercultural and Transcultural Studies (RUITS), and co-editor of German as a Foreign Language (www.gfl-journal.com) and iMex (http://www.imex-revista.com). He is author of 50 refereed articles, 7 volumes/special issues and 5 authored books, including La Conquista desbaratada (Iberoamericana 2010).

• Introduction 1. Otherness in Contemporary European Cinema 2. Potential and Limits of a New European in Nicolas Echevarría’s Cabeza de Vaca 3. Migrants in Europe: Breaking the Boundaries? 4 . Inspiration from Abroad? Cultural Boundaries in Chicano Cinema Conclusion

"This thought-provoking book gives valuable insight into the transcultural potential of contemporary European migrant cinema" -- Werner Delanoy, University of Klagenfurt, Austria"A study of a key issue to rethink a new Europe. It is an analysis of the influence of our colonial past through contemporary migrant cinema and an exploration of the imagery from personal stories narrated on the big screen. A gift." --María Eugenia González Cortés, Universidad de Málaga, España