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Race, Class, and Gender in "Medieval" Cinema / edited by L. Ramey, T. Pugh.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- The New Middle Ages, 2945-5944
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social history.
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- Europe--History--To 476.
- Europe.
- Europe--History--476-1492.
- Motion pictures--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Television broadcasting.
- Social History.
- Cultural History.
- History of Ancient Europe.
- History of Medieval Europe.
- Film and TV History.
- Film and Television Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Social History.
- Cultural History.
- History of Ancient Europe.
- History of Medieval Europe.
- Film and TV History.
- Film and Television Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The medieval film genre is not, in general, concerned with constructing a historically accurate past, but much analysis nonetheless centers on highlighting anachronisms. This book aims to help scholars and aficionados of medieval film think about how the re-creation of an often mythical past performs important cultural work for modern directors and viewers. The essays in this collection demonstrate that directors intentionally insert modern preoccupations into a setting that would normally be considered incompatible with these concepts. The Middle Ages provide an imaginary space far enough removed from the present day to explore modern preoccupations with human identity.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Filming the "Other" Middle Ages; Part I: Multicultural Identities: A Lost Ideal?; Part II: Barbarism and the Medieval Other; Part III: Romantic Values; Notes on Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230603561 (eBook)
- 9780230603561
- 0230603564
- OCLC:
- 572387408
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