The Politics of Place : Space and Locality in the European Screen Industries / edited by Andrew Spicer, Ruth Barton, Amy Genders.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Spicer, Andrew, Editor.

Barton, Ruth, Editor.

Genders, Amy., Editor.

Series:

Palgrave Studies in European Communication Research and Education, 2948-2380

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Service industries.

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Ethnology.

Culture.

Entertainment Industry.

Film and Television Production.

Regional Cultural Studies.

Local Subjects:

Entertainment Industry.

Film and Television Production.

Regional Cultural Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 364 p. 42 illus., 39 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2026.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2026.

Summary:

“This wide-ranging collection centers on analysis and reflection about the cultural and political significance of place-making. It demonstrates the importance of analysing sites of production and how the growing use of place-making in drama production risks disrupting the authentic identity of a place by turning it into a commodity. This excellent work is a book that we greatly needed.” – Milly Buonanno, author of The Age of Television: Experiences and Theories “The Politics of Place thoroughly demonstrates the ongoing and growing importance of locality for the production and distribution of film and television in Europe. The book’s editors have assembled a range of geographically and methodologically diverse chapters that collectively combine theoretical meditations with detailed national and regional case studies." – Christopher Meir, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid This open access book focuses, for the first time, on the ways in which film and television industries have shaped and been shaped by the places in which they are situated across Europe, from Greenland to Romania. Its thirteen chapters analyse contrasting examples but all focus on issues of identity, creative labour, representation, regulation, and the politics of location and production. They show the impact of globalisation and digitisation – via streaming platforms such as Netflix – but also through national public service broadcasters such as the BBC. The editors’ Introduction and Conclusion reflect on the major theoretical issues of place and space in a European context and their continued centrality to the film and television industries. Andrew Spicer is Professor of Cultural Production at the University of the West of England Bristol. Ruth Barton is Professor in Film Studies at Trinity College Dublin. Amy Genders is Senior Lecturer in Screen Business and Creative Enterprise at the University of the West of England Bristol.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Space and Place in the European Screen Industries. Andrew Spicer, Ruth Barton and Amy Genders

Section 1 – Approaches to Studying Locality

2. Location, Location, Location! From Local Colour to Location Placement and Sustainability: the Importance of Location in Television Drama Productions. Anne Marit and Risum Waade

Section 2 – Region and Nation

3. The BBC and the UK’s Nations and Regions: Hierarchies, Rivalries and Contradictions. Amy Genders and Andrew Spicer

4. Navigating Affective Locations: Locations, Emotional Cconomies and Layers of Legitimisation in the Production of the Danish Feature Film Kalak in Greenland. Anders Grønland

5. Rewriting Place: Romanian Cinema and the Political dimensions of Cultural Identity. Alex Trãilã

Section 3 – Minority Cultures

Chapter 6 TG4, Irish Language Broadcasting and the Impact of Location. Ruth Barton

7. How to Represent a Nation Without Borders: Indigenous Public Service Broadcaster NRK Sápmi’s role as a Nation-builder in a Decolonial Context. Stine Agnete Sand

8. The New Framework for Audiovisual Production in Spain: Minority or Minoritised Languages? Enrique Castelló-Mayo, Roi Méndez-Fernández and Antía María López-Gómez

Section 4: Location and Cultural Identity

9. Beyond ‘Destination Italy’: Revitalising Italian Television’s Spatial Capital. Valentina Re

10. The Political Economy of Italian Locations. Marco Cucco

Section 5: Centres and Peripheries

11. Platform Power and Production Design: the Impact of Mobile SVOD Production on Creative Practices in East Central Europe. Petr Szczepanik

12. Feel-Bad Euro Noir: Imagining Europe from its Eastern Edge in the Polish HBO TV series The Border (Wataha). Anna Mrozewicz

13. Looking at Norway: Netflix Originals and Regional Identity. Audun Engelstad

14. Conclusion. Ruth Barton, Amy Genders and Andrew Spicer.

ISBN:

3-032-06780-4

9783032067807