The Routledge Companion to European Cinema

This book explores European cinema's representation of Europe, including colonial, racialized, and gendered power, decentering Europe, and interrogating various conceptualizations from different viewpoints. It covers various topics such as individual films, film movements, filmmakers, stars, scholarship, representations, identities, audiences, production practices, genres, and more, constructing an image of Europe as it emerges from the European film corpus. The Companion is ideal for students and scholars in film, European studies, queer studies, cultural studies, historians, and those working in language-based area studies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 466 pages
Publication date: 30 December 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive collection of 43 original chapters delves into the rich tapestry of European cinema, exploring its profound insights into the essence of Europe. Through its engaging exploration, the book engages with European cinema that attends to questions of European colonial, racialized, and gendered power; seeks to decentre Europe itself (not merely its putative centres); and interrogates Europes various conceptualizations from a multitude of viewpoints. It ventures into the vast, intricate, and diverse communities crafted in and by European films, embracing a wide range of cinematic expressions, including Kurdish, Hollywood, and Singapore cinema, alongside the cinema of Poland, Spanish colonial films, and the European gangster genre. The chapters cover a wide array of topics, encompassing individual films, film movements, filmmakers, stars, scholarship, representations and identities, audiences, production practices, genres, and more. Each chapter is meticulously analyzed within its specific context, aimed at constructing a comprehensive image of Europe as it emerges from the vast corpus of European films.

The Companion is a groundbreaking resource that broadens the horizons of the study of European cinema, making it accessible and invaluable to students and scholars across a diverse range of disciplines. It serves as an ideal textbook for courses in film, European studies, queer studies, cultural studies, as well as for historians with an interest in audio-visual culture, nationalism, transnationalism, and language-based area studies. By offering a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach, this book fosters a deeper understanding of the complex interplay between cinema, culture, and society in Europe, contributing to our collective knowledge and appreciation of this vibrant and dynamic artistic medium.

Weight: 1078g
Dimension: 179 x 252 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367461850