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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSuperb essays that should enlighten both the common reader and the film critic. The European Legacy
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction to Volume Two, by Lina Khatib Storytelling and Cultural Politics Stories as Social Critique: The Vision of China in the Films of Jia Zhangke, by Konrad Ng Taonga (cultural treasures): Reflections on Maori Storytelling in the Cinema of Aotearoa/New Zealand, by Hester Joyce The Minjung Cultural Movement and Korean Cinema of the 1980s: The Influence of Minjung Theatre and Art in Lee Jang-ho's Films, by Nam Lee On How to Tell a Revolution: Alsino y el condor, by Robert Dash and Patricia Varas Storytelling and Postcolonialism Telling Stories About Unknown People in Faraway Countries: U.S. Travelogues About Mexico in the 1930s and 1940s, by Isabel Arredondo Memory and Tradition as a Postcolonial Response in the Films of Kyrgyzstan's Aktan Abdykalykov, by Willow Mullins 'Postcolonial Beaux' Stratagem: Singing and Dancing Back with Carmen in African Films, by Yifen T. Beus Telling Women's Stories Heard/Symbolic Voices: The Nouba of the Women of Mont Chenoua and Women's Film in the Maghreb, by Zahia Smail Salhi Women's Stories and Public Space in Iranian New Wave Film, by Anna Dempsey Cinematic Images of Women at a Time of National(ist) Crisis: The Case of Three Yugoslav Films, by Dijana Jelaca History as Science Fiction: Women of Action in Hong Kong Cinema, by Sasa Vojkovic Storytelling and Religio-Cultural Encounters Clouds of Unknowing: Buddhism and Bhutanese Cinema, by Shohini Chaudhuri and Sue Clayton Claiming Space, Time and History in The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, by Darrell Varga Qissa and Popular Hindi Cinema, by Anjali Gera Roy Index
