War, revolution and remembrance in world cinema : critical essays / edited by Nancy J. Membrez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Membrez, Nancy J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Memory in motion pictures.

Collective memory and motion pictures.

Psychic trauma in motion pictures.

Violence in motion pictures.

War films--History and criticism.

War films.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 346 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]

Summary:

"Two World Wars engulfed Europe, Asia and the United States, leaving indelible scars on the landscape and survivors. The trauma of civil wars in Spain (declared) and Latin America (tacit) spanned decades yet, contradictorily, bind parties together even today. Civil wars still haunt Africa where, in more recent years, ethnic cleansing has led to wholesale genocide. Drawing on the emerging field of Memory Studies, this book examines narrative and documentary films, made far from Hollywood, that address memory-both traumatic and nostalgic-surrounding these conflicts, despite attempts by special interests to erase or manipulate history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Europe

Children of the Shoah: The Holocaust Through Youthful Lenses / Steven G. Kellman

Remembering Exile: Jews in the American Dystopia in Axel Corti's Santa Fe / Christopher J. Wickham

The Past Trapped in Amber: Ida (Pawlikowski, 2013) d la mode retro / Ewa Barbara Luczak

Une Affaire de Femmes (Story of Women, Chabrol, 1988): Profile of an Abortionist Executed Under the Vichy Regime / Mary E. McCullough

Staging Childhood: Memories of Shattered Youth in Carlos Saura's !Ay, Carmela! (1990) and Emilio Aragon's Pdjaros de papel (Paper Birds, 2010) / Maria Elena Solino

War and Social Positioning in El espinazo del diablo (The Devils Backbone) and El laberinto delfauno (Pan's Labyrinth) (Del Toro, 2001, 2006): Between the Imaginary and the Self / Monica Cantero-Exojo

El espiritu de la colmena (The Spirit of the Beehive, Erice, 1973) Revisited / Nancy J. Membrez

Memorama of Muerte de un ciclista (Death of a Cyclist, Bardem, 1955) / Nancy J. Membrez

pt. II Latin America

Olga (Monjardim, 2004): A Brazilian Film About a Holocaust Heroine-Martyr / Ann Helen Wainer

In Search of the Father: Forgetting and Autofiction in Two Argentine Documentaries: El (im)posible olvido (Impossible to Forget, Habegger, 2016) and El padre {The Father, Arruti, 2016) / Natalia Ruiz-Rubio

The Burden of Violence in Ciro Guerra's La sombra del caminante (Wandering Shadows, 2004) / Rebecca Stephanis

The Centenary of the Mexican Revolution on Film: Salvador Toscano and a Host of Others / Aurelio de Los Reyes

Colonial Legacy: The Roots of Rakes (Alazraki, 1953) / Nancy J. Membrez

The Mexican Revolution Reloaded: Este es mi reino (This Is My Kingdom, 2010), a Short Film by Carlos Reygadas / Sebastiao Guilherme Albano

From Havana Back to the Source: The Decaying City as a Character in the Films of the Cuban Revolution / Hugo Garcia Gonzalez

The 60th Anniversary of Parallel Worlds: Cuban Cinema Since the Revolution / Nancy J. Membrez

pt. III Africa

Remembrance or Revenge? Representations of Violent Death in Fanta Regina Nacro's The Night of Truth (2004) and Wanuri Kahiu's From a Whisper (2008) / Joya F. Uraizee

Never Again! Documenting and Remembering the Rwanda Genocide (1994) on Film / Antoinette F. Winstead

pt. IV Interviews

An Interview with the Director of the Cineteca Nacional de Mexico (National Cinemateque of Mexico) / Sebastiao Guilherme Albano

A Chat with Brazilian Screenwriter-Director Lucia Murat About Violence in Her Films / Sebastiao Guilherme Albano

The Importance of Historical Memory: An Interview with Spanish Film Director and Cinematographer Almudena Carracedo / Nancy J. Membrez.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476676074

1476676070

OCLC:

1191244375

Publisher Number:

99988466209