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Discussion of Hollywood film has dominated much of the contemporary
dialogue on ecocriticism and the cinema--until now. With
"Transnational Ecocinemas," the editors open up the critical debate
to look at a larger variety of films from many different countries
and cultures. By foregrounding these films with their economic and
political contexts, the contributors offer a more comprehensive and
nuanced look at the role of place in ecocinema. The essays also
interrogate proposed global solutions to environmental issues by
presenting an ecocritical perspective on different film cultural
considerations from around the globe.
The Rwandan genocide is the second most audio-visually recreated
genocide after the Holocaust, with approximately 200 films and
documentaries produced in 39 countries between 1994 and 2021.
Historical Media Memories of the Rwandan Genocide studies the
construction, the development, and the recreation of the
transnational historical media memory of the genocide against the
Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994. This is the first comprehensive work that
traces the international media image and the creation of historical
memories of the Rwandan genocide, starting with the day to day
television news reporting in 1994, and continuing with analyzes of
how the genocide has been used and recreated in film and
documentaries on a global level as well on a national level, where
Rwanda, as a nation, creates its own images of the genocide in film
and television production in order to support a new national
identity.
The Politics of Nordsploitation takes a transnational approach to
exploring Nordic ‘exploitation’ films in their industrial
contexts, viewing them as not only political manifestations of
domestic considerations but also to position Nordic film cultures
in a global context. Incorporating a wide range of films, from
international cult classics like They Call Her One Eye (1974),
homegrown martial arts films like The Ninja Mission (1984) to
contemporary crowd-sourced fan productions like Iron Sky (2012),
this volume examines the remarkable diversity of genre-based,
commercially and culturally exploitative film production throughout
the Nordic countries – emphasized here through the term
‘Nordsploitation’. This volume provides a historical exposition
of largely ignored marginal films and film cultural patterns. It
also outlines how influential these films have been in shaping the
development of Nordic cinema. The effects are visible in the films
of the new millennium as previously marginalized practices now
enter the mainstream. With sharp insights and new research, The
Politics of Nordsploitation redefines the concept of
‘exploitation’ and its role in small nation cinemas.
A comparative approach to contemporary popular Nordic genre
film'Nordic Genre Film' offers a transnational approach to studying
contemporary genre production in Nordic cinema. It discusses a
range of internationally renowned examples, from Nordic noir such
as the television show 'The Bridge' and films like 'Insomnia'
(1997) to high concept 'video generation' productions such as 'Iron
Sky' (2012). Yet, genre, at least in this context, indicates both a
complex strategy for domestic and international competition as well
as an analytical means to identify the Nordic film cultures'
relationships to international trends. Conceptualizing Nordic genre
film as an industrial and cultural phenomenon, other contributions
focus on road movies, the horror film, autobiographical films, the
quirky comedy, musicals, historical epics and pornography. These
are contextualized by discussion of their place in their respective
national film and media histories as well as their influence on
other Nordic countries and beyond.By highlighting similarities and
differences between the countries, as well as the often diverse
production modes of each country, as well as the connections that
have historically existed, the book works at the intersections of
film and cultural studies and combines industrial perspectives and
in depth discussion of specific films, while also offering
historical perspectives on each genre as it comes to production,
distribution and reception of popular contemporary genre film.
The Politics of Nordsploitation takes a transnational approach to
exploring Nordic ‘exploitation’ films in their industrial
contexts, viewing them as not only political manifestations of
domestic considerations but also to position Nordic film cultures
in a global context. Incorporating a wide range of films, from
international cult classics like They Call Her One Eye (1974),
homegrown martial arts films like The Ninja Mission (1984) to
contemporary crowd-sourced fan productions like Iron Sky (2012),
this volume examines the remarkable diversity of genre-based,
commercially and culturally exploitative film production throughout
the Nordic countries – emphasized here through the term
‘Nordsploitation’. This volume provides a historical exposition
of largely ignored marginal films and film cultural patterns. It
also outlines how influential these films have been in shaping the
development of Nordic cinema. The effects are visible in the films
of the new millennium as previously marginalized practices now
enter the mainstream. With sharp insights and new research, The
Politics of Nordsploitation redefines the concept of
‘exploitation’ and its role in small nation cinemas.
Offers a transnational comparative approach to contemporary popular
Nordic genre film. Nordic Genre Film offers a transnational
approach to studying contemporary genre production in Nordic
cinema. It discusses a range of internationally renowned examples,
from Nordic noir such as the television show The Bridge and films
like Insomnia to high concept 'video generation' productions such
as Iron Sky. Other contributions focus on road movies, the horror
film, autobiographical films, historical epics and pornography.
These are contextualised by discussions of their position in their
respective national film and media histories as well as their
influence on other Nordic countries and beyond. By highlighting
similarities and differences between the countries, the book
combines industrial perspectives and in depth discussion of
specific films, while also offering historical perspectives on each
genre as comes to production, distribution and reception of popular
contemporary genre film. It takes a range of approaches to genre in
the Nordic context, from analysing the textual features of
individual films to exploring industrial tactics in capitalising on
cultural reputations; It analyses the production, distribution and
the reception of contemporary genre films and offers academic film
studies an alternative model for understanding globalisation from a
small nation perspective.
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