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Far-flung families in film the diasporic family in contemporary European cinema

Title: Far-flung families in film [electronic resource] : the diasporic family in contemporary European cinema / Daniela Berghahn.
Author: Berghahn, Daniela, 1957-
Publication: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2013]

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Description

1 online resource (viii, 224 pages) : illustrations.

Summary

"In the age of globalisation, diasporic and other types of transnational family are increasingly represented in films such as East is East, Le Grand Voyage, Almanya -- Welcome to Germany, Immigrant Memories, Couscous, When We Leave, Monsoon Wedding and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. While there is a significant body of scholarship on the representation of the family in Hollywood cinema, this is the first book to analyse the depiction of Black and Asian British, Maghrebi French and Turkish German families from a comparative transnational perspective. Drawing on critical concepts from diaspora studies, anthropology, socio-historical research on diasporic families and the burgeoning field of transnational film studies, this book is an essential read for Film Studies scholars and students who are researching families and issues of race and ethnicity in cinema, the media and visual culture."--Back cover.

Uniform Title

Far-flung families in film (Online)

Alternative Title

Far-flung families in film (Online)
Diasporic family in contemporary European cinema

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-215) and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Family matters in diaspora -- Families in motion -- Family memories, family secrets -- Gender, generation and the production of locality in the diasporic Family -- Romance and weddings in diaspora.

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