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"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 examines the cultural trauma of the Indian Emergency
through a reading of five seminal novels. It discusses the
Emergency as an event that prompted the writing of several notable
novels attempting to preserve the silenced and fading memory of its
human rights violations and suspension of democracy. The author
reads works by Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor, Nayantara Sahgal and
Rohinton Mistry in conjunction with government white papers,
political speeches, memoirs, biographies and history. The book
explores the betrayal of the Nehruvian idea of India and democracy
by Indira Gandhi and analyses the political and cultural amnesia
among the general populace in the decades following the Emergency.
At a time when debates around freedom of speech and expression have
become critical to literary and political discourses, this book
will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of English
literature, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, media studies,
political studies, sociology, history and for general readers as
well.
This book examines the cultural trauma of the Indian Emergency
through a reading of five seminal novels. It discusses the
Emergency as an event that prompted the writing of several notable
novels attempting to preserve the silenced and fading memory of its
human rights violations and suspension of democracy. The author
reads works by Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor, Nayantara Sahgal and
Rohinton Mistry in conjunction with government white papers,
political speeches, memoirs, biographies and history. The book
explores the betrayal of the Nehruvian idea of India and democracy
by Indira Gandhi and analyses the political and cultural amnesia
among the general populace in the decades following the Emergency.
At a time when debates around freedom of speech and expression have
become critical to literary and political discourses, this book
will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of English
literature, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, media studies,
political studies, sociology, history and for general readers as
well.
In the 1990s, Irish society was changing and becoming increasingly
international due to the rise of the 'Celtic Tiger'. At the same
time, the ongoing peace process in Northern Ireland also fuelled
debates on the definition of Irishness, which in turn seemed to
call for a critical examination of the birth of the Irish State, as
well as a rethinking and re-assessment of the nationalist past.
Neil Jordan's Michael Collins (1996), the most commercially
successful and talked-about Irish film of the 1990s, was a timely
contributor to this process. In providing a large-scale
representation of the 1916-1922 period, Michael Collins became the
subject of critical and popular controversy, demonstrating that
cinema could play a part in this cultural reimagining of Ireland.
Locating the film in both its historical and its cinematic context,
this book explores the depiction of events in Michael Collins and
the film's participation in the process of reimagining Irishness
through its public reception. The portrayal of the key figures of
Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera comes under special scrutiny as
the author assesses this pivotal piece of Irish history on screen.
Breaking new ground in the study of European colonialism, this book
focuses on a nation historically positioned between the Western and
Eastern Empires of Europe - Finland. Although Finland never had
overseas colonies, the authors argue that the country was
undeniably involved in the colonial world, with Finns adopting
ideologies and identities that cannot easily be disentangled from
colonialism. This book explores the concepts of 'colonial
complicity' and 'colonialism without colonies' in relation to
Finland, a nation that was oppressed, but also itself complicit in
colonialism. It offers insights into European colonialism on the
margins of the continent and within a nation that has traditionally
declared its innocence and exceptionalism. The book shows that
Finns were active participants in various colonial contexts,
including Southern Africa and Sapmi in the North. Demonstrating
that colonialism was a common practice shared by all European
nations, with or without formal colonies, this book provides
essential reading for anyone interested in European colonial
history. Chapters 1, 7 and 8 are available open access under a via
link.springer.com.>
Breaking new ground in the study of European colonialism, this book
focuses on a nation historically positioned between the Western and
Eastern Empires of Europe - Finland. Although Finland never had
overseas colonies, the authors argue that the country was
undeniably involved in the colonial world, with Finns adopting
ideologies and identities that cannot easily be disentangled from
colonialism. This book explores the concepts of 'colonial
complicity' and 'colonialism without colonies' in relation to
Finland, a nation that was oppressed, but also itself complicit in
colonialism. It offers insights into European colonialism on the
margins of the continent and within a nation that has traditionally
declared its innocence and exceptionalism. The book shows that
Finns were active participants in various colonial contexts,
including Southern Africa and Sapmi in the North. Demonstrating
that colonialism was a common practice shared by all European
nations, with or without formal colonies, this book provides
essential reading for anyone interested in European colonial
history. Chapters 1, 7 and 8 are available open access under a via
link.springer.com.>
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