Description
Book SynopsisThis is the first book to study representations of the non-Western world in European modernist cinema. In offering new perspectives on the history of Soviet montage cinema and on the British documentary movement, it connects with the growing body of work analysing manifestations of orientalism, Eurocentrism and colonial discourse in the cinema.
Trade Review
‘the book’s inquiry into ethnic representations of imperial cinemas of modernism is a welcome and impressive contribution to the field. Its analyses are thorough and thought-provoking, and in many instances constitute a truly original way of looking at these films.’ (Alternative Empires: European Modernist Cinemas and Cultures of Imperialism, Quarterly Review of Film and Video, No. 20, 2003)
“Stollery’s exciting project…is a welcome and impressive contribution to the field. Its analyses are thorough and thought-provoking, and in many instances constitute a truly original way of looking at these films.” (Quarterly Review of Film and Video, No. 20, July-September 2003)
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. New Directions in European Cinema Studies
2. European modernist cinemas and Eurocentric modernity
3. The European Cinematic Metropolis and its Others
4. Montage, Modernity and Ethnicity
5. Kino-eye's Global Vision
6. The British Documentary Film Movement's Enlightened Imperialism
7. Receptions of Empire in 1930s British Film Culture
8. Contemporary Legacies
Notes
Bibliography
Index
