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Book SynopsisA series of studies on small national (or sub-national) cinemas
Trade ReviewThe introduction offers an excellent conceptual framework to situate the case studies... The strength of the volume lies in its multilevel analysis: going beyond, but not excluding, textual analysis. The reader gets a detailed and balanced overview of the major issues of film industry and culture within a wide variety of small nations! The collection is a timely and important contribution to the study of national and global cinemas and a highly recommendable read for a wide audience. It provides a view on a wide variety of national cinemas worldwide. -- Philippe Meers, University of Antwerp Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television The introduction offers an excellent conceptual framework to situate the case studies... The strength of the volume lies in its multilevel analysis: going beyond, but not excluding, textual analysis. The reader gets a detailed and balanced overview of the major issues of film industry and culture within a wide variety of small nations! The collection is a timely and important contribution to the study of national and global cinemas and a highly recommendable read for a wide audience. It provides a view on a wide variety of national cinemas worldwide.
Table of ContentsIntroduction (Mette Hjort and Duncan Petrie); PART ONE: EUROPE; Denmark (Mette Hjort); Iceland (Bjorn Nordfjord); Ireland (Martin McLoone); Scotland (Jonathan Murray); Bulgaria (Dina Iordanova); PART TWO: ASIA AND OCEANIA; Hong Kong (Ackbar Abbas); Singapore (See Kam Tan & Jeremy Fernando); Taiwan (James Udden); New Zealand (Duncan Petrie); PART THREE: THE AMERICAS AND AFRICA; Cuba (Ana M. Lopez); Burkina Faso (Eva Jorholt); Tunisia (Florence Martin)
