Frontiers of Screen History: Imagining European Borders in Cinema, 1945-2010 (Popular Culture)

Frontiers of Screen History provides an insightful exploration into the depiction and imagination of European borders in cinema after the Second World War. While films have explored national and political borders, they have also attempted to identify, challenge and imagine frontiers of another kind: social, ethnic, religious and gendered. The book investigates all these perspectives. Its unique focus on the representation of European borders and frontiers via film is groundbreaking, opening up a new field of research and scholarly discussion. The exceptional variety of national and cultural perspectives provides a rewarding investigation of borders and frontiers.|Frontiers of Screen History provides an insightful exploration into the depiction and imagination of European borders in cinema after World War II. While films have explored national and political borders, they have also attempted to identify, challenge, and imagine frontiers of another kind: social, ethnic, religious, and gendered. The book investigates all these perspectives. Its unique focus on the representation of European borders and frontiers via film is groundbreaking, opening up a new field of research and scholarly discussion. The exceptional variety of national and cultural perspectives provides a rewarding investigation of borders and frontiers. This Book Provides An Insightful Exploration Into The Depiction And Imagination Of European Borders In Cinema After World War Ii. While Films Have Explored National And Political Borders, They Have Also Attempted To Identify, Challenge, And Imagine Frontiers Of Another Kind: Social, Ethnic, Religious, And Gendered. The Book Investigates All These Perspectives. Its Unique Focus On The Representation Of European Borders And Frontiers Via Film Is Groundbreaking, Opening Up A New Field Of Research And Scholarly Discussion. The Exceptional Variety Of National And Cultural Perspectives Provides A Rewarding Investigation Of Borders And Frontiers. Introduction : Encounters With Borders / Kimmo Ahonen [and Others] -- Imagining West Berlin : Spatiality And History In Wim Wender's Wings Of Desire, 1987 / Hannu Salmi -- 'what's Wrong With A Cowboy In Hamburg?' New German Cinema And The German-american Cultural Frontier / Jacqui Miller -- The Collapse Of Ideologies In Peter Kahane's The Architects / Marco Bohr -- How To Win The Cold War : Borders Of The Free World In Guilty Of Treason (1950) And Red Planet Mars (1952) / Kimmo Ahonen -- Crossing Over : On Becoming European In Aki Kaurismäki's Cinema / Sann Peden -- Looking For Alternative London : The London Nobody Knows And The Pop-geographical Borders Of The City / Kari Kallioniemi -- The Cité's Architectural, Linguistic And Cinematic Frontiers In L'esquive / Jehanne-marie Gavarini -- Between Hamburg And Istanbul : Mobility, Borders And Identity In The Films Of Fatih Akin / Jessica Gallagher -- Transnational Heroines : Swedish Youth Film And Immigrant Girlhood / Heta Mulari -- Family As Internal Border In Dogtooth / Ipek A. Celik -- Gendered Conflicts In Northern Ireland : Motherhood, The Male Body And Borders In Some Mother's Son And Hunger / Raita Merivirta -- Heartlands And Borderlands : El Dorado And The Post-franco Spanish Cinema As A Bridgehead Between Europe And Latin America / Petteri Halin -- Subverted And Transgressed Borders : The Empire In British Comedy And Horror Films / Rami Mähkä. Edited By Raita Merivirta, Kimmo Ahonen, Heta Mulari And Rami Mähká. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Frontiers of Screen History provides an insightful exploration into the depiction and imagination of European borders in cinema after World War II. The editors and authors bring forward the geopolitical issues at the basis both the films of world-wide distribution, known to many, and others, shot within confining conditions or inhighly local places, remain unknown within prevailing canons.