The cinema of small nations / edited by Mette Hjort and Duncan Petrie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hjort, Mette, Author.

Contributor:

Hjort, Mette.

Petrie, Duncan J., 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry.

States, Small.

Motion pictures--Case studies.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Within cinema studies there has emerged a significant body of scholarship on the idea of 'National Cinema' but there has been a tendency to focus on the major national cinemas. Less developed within this field is the analysis of what we might term minor or small national cinemas, despite the increasing significance of these small entities with the international domain of moving image production, distribution and consumption. The Cinema of Small Nations is the first major analysis of small national cinemas, comprising twelve case studies of small national - and sub national - cinemas from around the world, including Ireland, Denmark, Iceland, Scotland, Bulgaria, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and New Zealand. Written by an array of distinguished and emerging scholars, each of the case studies provides a detailed analysis of the particular cinema in question, with an emphasis on the last decade, considering both institutional and textual issues relevant to the national dimension of each cinema. While each chapter contains an in-depth analysis of the particular cinema in question, the book as a whole provides the basis for a broader and more properly comparative understanding of small or minor national cinemas, particularly with regard to structural constraints and possibilities, the impact of globalization and internationalisation, and the role played by economic and cultural factors in small-nation contexts. Key features: * the first major study of a range of small national cinemas * detailed and informative studies of particular small national cinemas from around the globe * an implicit comparative element that reveals major similarities and differences across the case studies * a strong line up of international contributors including a number of major internationally recognised experts in the field * written in an accessible style to appeal to students, academics and the general reader alike.

Contents:

Denmark / Mette Hjort

Iceland / Björn Norðfjörð

Ireland / Martin McLoone

Scotland / Jonathan Murray

Bulgaria / Dina Iordanova

Hong Kong / Ackbar Abbas

Singapore / See Kam Tan and Jeremy Fernando

Taiwan / James Udden

New Zealand / Duncan Petrie

Cuba / Ana M. López

Burkina Faso / Eva Jørholt

Tunisia / Florence Martin.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612087875

9780748671151

0748671153

9781282087873

1282087878

9780748630929

0748630929

OCLC:

367599134