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The Figure of the Migrant in Contemporary European Cinema (Paperback)
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The Figure of the Migrant in Contemporary European Cinema (Paperback)
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The Figure of the Migrant in Contemporary European Cinema explores
contemporary debates around the concepts of 'Europe' and 'European
identity' through an examination of recent European films dealing
with various aspects of globalization (the refugee crisis, labour
migration, the resurgence of nationalism and ethnic violence,
neoliberalism, post-colonialism) with a particular attention to the
figure of the migrant and the ways in which this figure challenges
us to rethink Europe and its core Enlightenment values
(citizenship, justice, ethics, liberty, tolerance, and hospitality)
in a post-national context of ephemerality, volatility, and
contingency that finds people desperately looking for firmer
markers of identity. The book argues that a compelling case can be
made for re-orienting the study of contemporary European cinema
around the figure of the migrant viewed both as a symbolic figure
(representing post-national citizenship, urbanization, the 'gap'
between ethics and justice) and as a figure occupying an
increasingly central place in European cinema in general rather
than only in what is usually called 'migrant and diasporic cinema'.
By drawing attention to the structural and affective affinities
between the experience of migrants and non-migrants, Europeans and
non-Europeans, Trifonova shows that it is becoming increasingly
difficult to separate stories about migration from stories about
life under neoliberalism in general
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