| Description |
1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Series |
Film, Media and Cultural Studies |
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Film, media, and cultural studies.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- 1. MIGRANTS' PERSPECTIVES, MIGRANTS IN PERSPECTIVE: WORLD CINEMA, AN INTRODUCTION -- PART I MIGRANTS' PERSPECTIVE -- 2. MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN MOVING IMAGE CONTEMPORARY ART: GHAZEL'S "HOME (STORIES)" (2008) AND BOUCHRA KHALILI'S "THE MAPPING JOURNEY PROJECT" (2008-11) -- 3. FORCED MIGRATION AND FANTASIES OF RETURN IN PALESTINIAN CINEMA: WHEN I SAW YOU (ANNEMARIE JACIR, 2012) AND GATE OF THE SUN (YOUSRY NASRALLAH, 2003) -- 4. DISPLACEMENT AND THE VICISSITUDES OF PAN-ARABISM: BETWEEN THE DUPES (TEWFIK SALEH, 1972) AND IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE CITY (TAMER EL SAID, 2016) -- 5. STILL/MOVING: AN ANALYSIS OF RECENT FILMS ABOUT TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION FROM CENTRAL AMERICA TO THE USA -- 6. JAPANESE IMMIGRANT IDENTITIES ON THE BRAZILIAN SCREEN: GAIJIN: OS CAMINHOS DA LIBERDADE (TIZUKA YAMASAKI, 1983) AND CORAÇÕES SUJOS (VICENTE AMORIM, 2011) -- PART II MIGRANTS IN PERSPECTIVE -- 7. COMMUNITARIAN VERSUS HUMANITARIAN FORCES IN THE DARDENNE BROTHERS' LA PROMESSE (1996) AND LE SILENCE DE LORNA (2008) -- 8. THIS IS NOT PARADISE AND THE JOURNEY WAS NOT WORTH IT: GLOBALIZATION, FINANCIAL CRISIS, AND THE PORTRAYAL OF THE SUB-SAHARAN IMMIGRANT IN TWO SPANISH FILMS -- 9. MOBILITY CONSTRAINED AND ENABLED BY GENDER: THE IN-TRANSIT AFRICAINE OF HOPE (BORIS LOJKINE, 2014) -- 10. UN/DOCUMENTED MIGRATION IN "BORDERLAND SCHENGEN" -- 11. CIRCULATING IMAGES OF DEATH: FESTIVAL FILMS AND THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS -- THE CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX |
| Summary |
Analyses how migrants are portrayed in film from different viewpoints |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Immigrants in motion pictures.
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Immigrants in motion pictures
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jacob, Frank
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| ISBN |
1474456782 |
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9781474456784 |
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9781474456791 |
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1474456790 |
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