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This volume analyzes innovative forms of media and music (art
installations, television commercials, photography, films, songs,
telenovelas) to examine the performance of migration in
contemporary culture. Though migration studies and media studies
are ostensibly different fields, this transnational collection of
essays addresses how their interconnection has shaped our
understanding of the paradigms through which we think about
migration, ethnicity, nation, and the transnational. Cultural
representations intervene in collective beliefs. Art and media
clearly influence the ways the experience of migration is
articulated and recalled, intervening in individual perceptions as
well as public policy. To understand the connection between
migration and diverse media, the authors examine how migration is
represented in film, television, music, and art, but also how media
shape the ways in which host country and homeland are imagined.
Among the topics considered are new mediated forms for representing
migration, widening the perspective on the ways these
representations may be analyzed; readings of enactments of memory
in trans- and inter-disciplinary ways; and discussions of
globalization and transnationalism, inviting us to rethink
traditional borders in respect to migration, nation states, as well
as disciplines.
This volume analyzes innovative forms of media and music (art
installations, television commercials, photography, films, songs,
telenovelas) to examine the performance of migration in
contemporary culture. Though migration studies and media studies
are ostensibly different fields, this transnational collection of
essays addresses how their interconnection has shaped our
understanding of the paradigms through which we think about
migration, ethnicity, nation, and the transnational. Cultural
representations intervene in collective beliefs. Art and media
clearly influence the ways the experience of migration is
articulated and recalled, intervening in individual perceptions as
well as public policy. To understand the connection between
migration and diverse media, the authors examine how migration is
represented in film, television, music, and art, but also how media
shape the ways in which host country and homeland are imagined.
Among the topics considered are new mediated forms for representing
migration, widening the perspective on the ways these
representations may be analyzed; readings of enactments of memory
in trans- and inter-disciplinary ways; and discussions of
globalization and transnationalism, inviting us to rethink
traditional borders in respect to migration, nation states, as well
as disciplines.
The undead are very much alive in contemporary entertainment and
lore. Indeed, vampires and zombies have garnered attention in print
media, cinema, and on television. The vampire, with roots in
medieval European folklore, and the zombie, with origins in
Afro-Caribbean mythology, have both undergone significant
transformations in global culture, proliferating as deviant
representatives of the zeitgeist. As this volume demonstrates,
distribution of vampires and zombies across time and space has
revealed these undead figures to carry multiple meanings. Of all
monsters, vampires and zombies seem to be the trendiest-the most
regularly incarnate of the undead and the monsters most frequently
represented in the media and pop culture. Moreover, both figures
have experienced radical reinterpretations. If in the past vampires
were evil, blood-sucking exploiters and zombies were brainless
victims, they now have metamorphosed into kinder and gentler
blood-sucking vampires and crueler, more relentless, flesh-eating
zombies.Although the portrayals of both vampires and zombies can be
traced back to specific regions and predate mass media, the
introduction of mass distribution through film and game
technologies has significantly modified their depiction over time
and in new environments. Among other topics, contributors discuss
zombies in Thai films, vampire novels of Mexico, and undead avatars
in horror videogames. This volume-with scholars from different
national and cultural backgrounds-explores the transformations that
the vampire and zombie figures undergo when they travel globally
and through various media and cultures.
The undead are very much alive in contemporary entertainment and
lore. Indeed, vampires and zombies have garnered attention in print
media, cinema, and on television. The vampire, with roots in
medieval European folklore, and the zombie, with origins in
Afro-Caribbean mythology, have both undergone significant
transformations in global culture, proliferating as deviant
representatives of the zeitgeist. As this volume demonstrates,
distribution of vampires and zombies across time and space has
revealed these undead figures to carry multiple meanings. Of all
monsters, vampires and zombies seem to be the trendiest--the most
regularly incarnate of the undead and the monsters most frequently
represented in the media and pop culture. Moreover, both figures
have experienced radical reinterpretations. If in the past vampires
were evil, blood-sucking exploiters and zombies were brainless
victims, they now have metamorphosed into kinder and gentler
blood-sucking vampires and crueler, more relentless, flesh-eating
zombies. Although the portrayals of both vampires and zombies can
be traced back to specific regions and predate mass media, the
introduction of mass distribution through film and game
technologies has significantly modified their depiction over time
and in new environments. Among other topics, contributors discuss
zombies in Thai films, vampire novels of Mexico, and undead avatars
in horror videogames. This volume--with scholars from different
national and cultural backgrounds--explores the transformations
that the vampire and zombie figures undergo when they travel
globally and through various media and cultures.
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