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Book SynopsisAt a time when belonging and identity in Europe is complicated by questions of race, ethnicity, religion, and citizenship, Berna Gueneli explores the transnational works of acclaimed Turkish-German filmmaker and auteur Fatih Akın, demonstrates how Akın's aesthetics intersect with politics to reshape notions of Europe, European cinema, and cinematic history.
Trade ReviewFatih Akın's Cinema and The New Sound of Europe, the first book-length monograph on Akın, not only covers a missing part in the scholarship but also opens up new chapters in our understanding of Turkish German Cinema.
* Journal of Religion and Film *
Gueneli has provided a sound analysis of Fatih Akın's early work that will prove a stepping-stone for further research.
-- Florian Gassner * Monatshefte *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: Fatih Akın: A Contemporary Filmmaker From Germany
1. Mapping Europe: The Road Movie Genre and Transnational European Space in Film
2. The Sound of Polyphony: Multilingualism, Multiethnicity, and Linguistic Empowerment in Head-On
3. The Sound of Music: Transnational Soundscapes
4. Expanding the Scope of European Cinema: Akın's Cinematic Imagining of a Diverse Europe in Context
Conclusion: Intertextual Film—Transnational Film—Transnational Film History
Bibliography, Filmography/Discography, and Online Sources
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