"Ewa Mazierska has set herself an ambitious task with this her new
well researched book... Her] study excels in the breadth of its
comparison of Czech and Polish films...The volume also makes a
valuable contribution to the study of how Socialist Realism was
implemented in Czech and Polish cinema." . Slavonic and East
European Review
"Offering an excellent overview of masculinity - in relationship
to war, fatherhood, love, and homosexuality - in Polish, Czech, and
Slovak film this accessible highly interpretive work addresses a
number of films and then attempts to contextualize their meaning in
a larger framework...One of the greatest strengths of this work is
its historical grounding... The author's subtle understanding of
larger psychological forces at work ... make this a dynamic,
engaging study. An invaluable resource for students of
central/eastern European film studies and gender studies." .
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..".This is an intelligent and insighful investigation of
masculinities in three unique and artistically vibrant Eastern
European nations. And while the author admits to trating only
select films, the breadth of films covered is nevertheless
impressive." . Slavic and East European Journal
Gender, especially masculinity, is a perspective rarely applied
in discourses on cinema of Eastern/Central Europe. Masculinities in
Polish, Czech and Slovak Cinema exposes an English-speaking
audience to a large proportion of this region's cinema that
previously remained unknown, focusing on the relationship between
representation of masculinity and nationality in the films of two
and later three countries: Poland, Czechoslovakia/the Czech
Republic and Slovakia. The objective of the book is to discuss the
main types of men populating Polish, Czech and Slovak films: that
of soldier, father, heterosexual and homosexual lover, against a
rich political, social and cultural background. Czech, Slovak and
Polish cinema appear to provide excellent material for comparison
as they were produced in neighbouring countries which for over
forty years endured a similar political system - state
socialism.
Ewa Mazierska is Professor of Contemporary Cinema, Department
of Humanities, University of Central Lancashire. Her publications
include numerous articles in Polish and English and several books,
such as Roman Polanski: The Cinema of a Cultural Traveller (I.B.
Tauris, 2007), Women in Polish Cinema (Berghahn, 2006) (co-authored
with Elzbieta Ostrowska), Dreams and Diaries: The Cinema of Nanni
Moretti (Wallflower Press, London, 2004) and From Moscow to Madrid:
Postmodern Cities, European Cinema (IB Tauris, 2003, London) (both
co-authored with Laura Rascaroli). She also co-edited Relocating
Britishness (MUP, 2004). Her latest title is Jerzy Skolimowski: The
Cinema of a Nonconformist (Berghahn, 2010)"
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