A Companion to the Historical Film: Rosenstone/A Companion to the Historical Film

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 film Essays range in scope from inclusive broad-ranging subjects such as political contexts, to focused assessments of individual films and auteurs Prefaced with an introductory survey of the field by its two distinguished editors Features interdisciplinary contributions from scholars in the fields of History, Film Studies, Anthropology, and Cultural and Literary Studies Content: Chapter 1 Politics and the Historical Film (pages 9–29): Alison Landsberg Chapter 2 History as Palimpsest (pages 30–52): Maria Pramaggiore Chapter 3 Flagging up History (pages 53–70): Debra Ramsay Chapter 4 The History Film as a Mode of Historical Thought (pages 71–87): Robert A. Rosenstone Chapter 5 Julia's Resistant History (pages 89–109): J. E. Smyth Chapter 6 Mark Donskoi's Gorky Trilogy and the Stalinist Biopic (pages 110–132): Denise J. Youngblood Chapter 7 The Subjects of History (pages 133–153): Marcia Landy Chapter 8 Andrzej Wajda as Historian (pages 154–175): Piotr Witek Chapter 9 Oliver Stone's Nixon (pages 177–198): Willem Hesling Chapter 10 Authorial Histories (pages 199–218): Hila Shachar Chapter 11 The Biopic in Hindi Cinema (pages 219–232): Rachel Dwyer Chapter 12 The Lives and Times of the Biopic (pages 233–254): Dennis Bingham Chapter 13 Gang Wars (pages 255–282): Paula Rabinowitz Chapter 14 State Terrorism on Film (pages 283–300): Mario Ranalletti Chapter 15 Fossil Frontiers (pages 301–327): Georgiana Banita Chapter 16 Sounding the Depths of History (pages 328–346): Roger Hillman Chapter 17 Generational Memory and Affect in Letters from Iwo Jima (pages 347–364): Robert Burgoyne Chapter 18 Post?Heroic Revolution (pages 365–383): Constantin Parvulescu Chapter 19 In Country (pages 384–403): Guy Westwell Chapter 20 Heart and Clock (pages 405–424): Bettina Bildhauer Chapter 21 The Anti?Samurai Film (pages 425–442): Thomas Keirstead Chapter 22 The Politics of Cine?Memory (pages 443–467): Michael T. Martin and David C. Wall Chapter 23 The African Past on Screen (pages 468–489): Vivian Bickford?Smith Chapter 24 Colonial Legacies in Contemporary French Cinema (pages 490–512): Catherine Portuges Chapter 25 “What's Love Got to Do with It?” (pages 513–539): Louis Kirk McAuley "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 film Essays range in scope from inclusive broad-ranging subjects such as political contexts, to focused assessments of individual films and auteurs Prefaced with an introductory survey of the field by its two distinguished editors Features interdisciplinary contributions from scholars in the fields of History, Film Studies, Anthropology, and Cultural and Literary Studies "-- "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"--

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 film
• Essays range in scope from inclusive broad-ranging subjects such as political contexts, to focused assessments of individual films and auteurs
• Prefaced with an introductory survey of the field by its two distinguished editors
• Features interdisciplinary contributions from scholars in the fields of History, Film Studies, Anthropology, and Cultural and Literary Studies