Small Nation, Global Cinema: The New Danish Cinema (Volume 15) (Public Worlds)

Small Nation, Global Cinema engages the effects of globalization from the perspective of small nations. Focusing her study on the specific cultural context of the international film market, Mette Hjort argues that the New Danish Cinema presents an opportunity to understand the effects of globalization within the culture and economy of a privileged small nation. Hjort offers two key strategies underwriting the transformation and globalization of contemporary Danish cinema—the processes of cultural circulation and the psychological efficacy of heritage. Exploring the Dogma 95 movement initiated by Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg as well as films by Erik Clausen, Gabriel Axel, Henning Carlsen, and Ole Bornedal, among others, Hjort examines means for cinematic globalization specific to Denmark, but then evolves her investigation into a truly comparative framework encompassing references to Hong Kong, Latin America, and Hollywood filmmaking. Providing a fresh way of looking at cultural influence in the era of globalization, Hjort’s concept of “small” nation points as much to the dynamics of recognition, indifference, and participation as it does to more common measures of population size, economic strength, or linguistic reach. Mette Hjort is professor of intercultural studies at Aalborg University.

Small Nation, Global Cinema engages the effects of globalization from the perspective of small nations. Focusing her study on the specific cultural context of the international film market, Mette Hjort argues that the New Danish Cinema presents an opportunity to understand the effects of globalization within the culture and economy of a privileged small nation. 

Hjort offers two key strategies underwriting the transformation and globalization of contemporary Danish cinema—the processes of cultural circulation and the psychological efficacy of heritage. Exploring the Dogma 95 movement initiated by Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg as well as films by Erik Clausen, Gabriel Axel, Henning Carlsen, and Ole Bornedal, among others, Hjort examines means for cinematic globalization specific to Denmark, but then evolves her investigation into a truly comparative framework encompassing references to Hong Kong, Latin America, and Hollywood filmmaking. Providing a fresh way of looking at cultural influence in the era of globalization, Hjort’s concept of “small” nation points as much to the dynamics of recognition, indifference, and participation as it does to more common measures of population size, economic strength, or linguistic reach. 

Mette Hjort is professor of intercultural studies at Aalborg University.

Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 14 1 New Danish Cinema: A Small Nation's Path to Globalization......Page 18 2 Dogma 95: The Globalization of Denmark's Response to Hollywood......Page 51 3 Participatory Filmmaking: Experiments across the Filmmaker/Viewer Divide......Page 83 4 Patriotism and Nationalism: A Common Culture in Film......Page 129 5 Counterglobalization: A Transnational Communicative Space Emerges in the North......Page 175 6 International Heritage: Toward an Ethics of the Bio-Pic......Page 208 7 Toward a Multiethnic Society: Cinema as a Mode of Incorporation......Page 251 Appendix: Dogma 95 Manifesto and Dogma Films......Page 290 Notes......Page 296 Works Cited......Page 302 A......Page 316 B......Page 317 C......Page 318 D......Page 319 F......Page 320 H......Page 321 J......Page 322 L......Page 323 N......Page 324 P......Page 325 R......Page 326 S......Page 327 V......Page 328 Z......Page 329 Contents 8 Preface 10 Acknowledgments 14 1 New Danish Cinema: A Small Nation's Path to Globalization 18 2 Dogma 95: The Globalization of Denmark's Response to Hollywood 51 3 Participatory Filmmaking: Experiments across the Filmmaker/Viewer Divide 83 4 Patriotism and Nationalism: A Common Culture in Film 129 5 Counterglobalization: A Transnational Communicative Space Emerges in the North 175 6 International Heritage: Toward an Ethics of the Bio-Pic 208 7 Toward a Multiethnic Society: Cinema as a Mode of Incorporation 251 Appendix: Dogma 95 Manifesto and Dogma Films 290 Notes 296 Works Cited 302 Index 316 A 316 B 317 C 318 D 319 E 320 F 320 G 321 H 321 I 322 J 322 K 323 L 323 M 324 N 324 O 325 P 325 R 326 S 327 T 328 U 328 V 328 W 329 Y 329 Z 329 Small Nation, Global Cinema offers two strategies underwriting the transformation and globalization of contemporary Danish cinema--the processes of cultural circulation and the psychological efficacy of heritage. Focusing her study on the cultural context of the international film market, Mette Hjort argues that the New Danish Cinema presents an opportunity to understand globalization within the culture and economy of a small nation Investigates the relationship between globalization and Danish cinema. This book offers two key strategies underwriting the transformation and globalization of contemporary Danish cinema - the processes of cultural circulation and the psychological efficacy of heritage.