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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
“World Cinema and Cultural Memory is a treasure trove of evidence and analysis, providing a vital resource for anyone interested in changing the world. Its rich compendium of films from many parts of the world – some well known, others, undeservedly obscure – would alone make this book essential reading. … Hedges deploys eight typologies of memory, each one associated with particular countries, bodies of cinematic or literary work, and those filmmakers, writers and political actors involved in carrying them out.” (Mat Callahan, Socialism and Democracy, October, 2016)
"Inez Hedges' book is a fascinating excursion on the multiple oppositional uses of memory in world cinema. It shows, in a lively and insightful way, how movies bring the memory of past struggles forward into the present, to serve as an inspiration for the future. The spirit of Surrealism - the movement that according to Walter Benjamin was able to "win the energies of intoxication for the revolution" - haunts the pages of this beautiful essay." - Michael Löwy, Emeritus Research Director, CNRS, France.
"With memory and memorialization shaping a range of struggles for personal and collective self-definition, this book's focus on global oppositional cinema as a repository and shaper of memory makes a unique contribution to both memory and cinema studies. Its generously inclusive sweep lays out a useful comparative overview that illuminates cinema's powerful ability to shape collective awareness with far-reaching consequences." - Linda Dittmar, Professor Emerita of Literature and Film Studies and author of From Hanoi to Hollywood and Multiple Voices in Feminist Film Criticism.Authors and Affiliations
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Northeastern University, USA
Inez Hedges
About the author
Inez Hedges is the author of several books on cinema and culture that cover a wide range of 20th- and 21st-century issues, including the legacy of surrealism, the transformations of the Faust legend, and the role of cinema in peoples' on-going struggles for dignity and identity. She is Professor of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Northeastern University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: World Cinema and Cultural Memory
Authors: Inez Hedges
Series Title: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137465122
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-46511-5Published: 06 April 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-49941-0Published: 01 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-46512-2Published: 07 April 2015
Series ISSN: 2634-6257
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6265
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 190
Topics: Film History, Memory Studies, Children's Literature, Media Studies, Social Sciences, general, Arts