Transnational Crime Cinema

Transnational Crime Cinema examines crime films from various regions, exploring their political, economic, and historical aspects, and how they reflect and shape relations of power. It considers crime as a discursive site where the terms of the nation and cinema gain new definition, and how audiences negotiate ideologies and imaginaries of nation against disruptive transnational economic and political pressures.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 31 December 2022
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

This volume explores crime as a cinematic mode that transcends national boundaries, examining its production, circulation, and reception within and across various cinematic landscapes. Through the lens of critical transnationalism, it delves into the political, economic, and historical processes intertwined with the creation, dissemination, and reception of crime films. These narratives of crime create a dynamic space of public discourse, allowing filmmakers and audiences to challenge and reimagine power dynamics. Transnational Crime Cinema delves into the production and reception of films from Europe, Africa, East and South Asia, and South America, highlighting crime as a discursive site where the boundaries of the nation and cinema are redefined. It considers crime cinema as a self-reflexive modality, where cinema reflects on its own discursivity while audiences navigate ideologies and imaginaries of nation amidst disruptive transnational economic and political pressures.

Weight: 562g
Dimension: 240 x 162 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399505673