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A Companion to the Historical Film

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2013
ISBN
9781444337242, 9781118322673
DOI
10.1002/9781118322673
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (7907714 bytes)
Pages
577\577
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00

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Broad in scope, this interdisciplinary collection of original scholarship on historical film features essays that explore the many facets of this expanding field and provide a platform for promising avenues of research.Offers a unique collection of cutting edge research that questions the intention behind and influence of historical filmEssays range in scope from inclusive broad-ranging subjects such as political contexts, to focused assessments of individual films and auteursPrefaced with an introductory survey of the field by its two distinguished editorsFeatures interdisciplinary contributions from scholars in the fields of History, Film Studies, Anthropology, and Cultural and Literary StudiesContent: Chapter 1 Politics and the Historical Film (pages 9–29): Alison LandsbergChapter 2 History as Palimpsest (pages 30–52): Maria PramaggioreChapter 3 Flagging up History (pages 53–70): Debra RamsayChapter 4 The History Film as a Mode of Historical Thought (pages 71–87): Robert A. RosenstoneChapter 5 Julia's Resistant History (pages 89–109): J. E. SmythChapter 6 Mark Donskoi's Gorky Trilogy and the Stalinist Biopic (pages 110–132): Denise J. YoungbloodChapter 7 The Subjects of History (pages 133–153): Marcia LandyChapter 8 Andrzej Wajda as Historian (pages 154–175): Piotr WitekChapter 9 Oliver Stone's Nixon (pages 177–198): Willem HeslingChapter 10 Authorial Histories (pages 199–218): Hila ShacharChapter 11 The Biopic in Hindi Cinema (pages 219–232): Rachel DwyerChapter 12 The Lives and Times of the Biopic (pages 233–254): Dennis BinghamChapter 13 Gang Wars (pages 255–282): Paula RabinowitzChapter 14 State Terrorism on Film (pages 283–300): Mario RanallettiChapter 15 Fossil Frontiers (pages 301–327): Georgiana BanitaChapter 16 Sounding the Depths of History (pages 328–346): Roger HillmanChapter 17 Generational Memory and Affect in Letters from Iwo Jima (pages 347–364): Robert BurgoyneChapter 18 Post?Heroic Revolution (pages 365–383): Constantin ParvulescuChapter 19 In Country (pages 384–403): Guy WestwellChapter 20 Heart and Clock (pages 405–424): Bettina BildhauerChapter 21 The Anti?Samurai Film (pages 425–442): Thomas KeirsteadChapter 22 The Politics of Cine?Memory (pages 443–467): Michael T. Martin and David C. WallChapter 23 The African Past on Screen (pages 468–489): Vivian Bickford?SmithChapter 24 Colonial Legacies in Contemporary French Cinema (pages 490–512): Catherine PortugesChapter 25 “What's Love Got to Do with It?” (pages 513–539): Louis Kirk McAuley

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