Mediations of Disruption in Post-Conflict Cinema

by Adriana Martins (Editor), Alexandra Lopes (Editor), Mónica Dias (Editor)

Overview

Mediations of Disruption in Post—Conflict Cinema is a transdisciplinary volume that addresses the cinematic mediation of a wide range of conflicts. From World War II and its aftermath to the exploration of colonial and post—colonial experiences and more recent forms of terrorism, it debates the possibilities, constraints and efficacy of the discursive practices this mediation entails. Despite its variety and amplitude in scope and width, the innovative and singular aspect of the book lies in the fact that the essays give voice to a variety of regions, issues, and filmmaking processes that tend either to remain on the outskirts of the publishing world and/or to be granted only partial visibility in volumes of regional cinema.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137575197
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/24/2016
Edition description:	1st ed. 2016
Pages:	219
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Adriana Martins teaches Culture & Globalization, Portuguese Film and Portuguese Culture at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Film Studies and Culture Studies are among her research interests. Her latest book is Plots of War: Modern Narratives of Conflict (co—edited with I. C. Gil, 2012).

Alexandra Lopes teaches Theories of Culture, Translation History and Theory at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Her research interests are literary translation, translation history and culture studies. She has published on culture and translation studies, as well as translations of works by Peter Handke, Hertha Müller, William Boyd, Salman Rushdie.

Mónica Dias currently works in the field of Democracy Studies, Peace Studies and International Conflict at . Her recent book is Gender Violence in Armed Conflict (co—edited with Carla Gomes and Francisco Leandro, 2013).

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: Towards a Poetics of Conflict in Film Adriana Martins, Alexandra Lopes, Mónica Dias.- SECTION I: MANAGING OBLIVION AND SILENCE Post-Conflict Cinema: Beyond Truth and Reconciliation? Thomas Elsaesser.- The Sovereign’s Broken Voice Isabel Capeloa Gil.- Long is the Road: Politics of Memory in an Early Jewish-German Postwar Film Geesa Marie Tuch.- Cinema and Conflict in Postcolonial Mozambique: Archival Images as Illustration and Evidence in Estas São as Armas (1978) Robert Sk.- ‘What’s this war in the heart of nature?’ Fire, Water, Earth and Air in Terrence Malick’s The Third Red Line.- Frank A. Anselmo.- SECTION II: COPING WITH TERRORISM The Trauma of Terrorism: Post 9/11 Hollywood Cinema Thomas Riegler.- A Letter to Osama Bin Laden. On Healing and Conciliation in Sharon Maguire’s Incendiary Mónica Dias.- Memory and Representation: Japanese Terrorism in Distance and United Red Army Nuno Barradas Jorge.- Outbreak in Contemporary Conflict Cinema: A Case Study of Steve McQueen’s Hunger Alessandro Zir.- SECTION III: BODIES IN TRANSIT A Look Back or a Look Ahead? Cinematographic Approaches toward the ‘Refugee Problem’ in Post-War Germany.- Alina Laura Tiews.- Londres en Colère. Of 'Translated (Wo)men', Cinema & The City of Our (Dis)content Alexandra Lopes.- A Palestinian Film We Call Home: Women’s Cinematic Bodies out of Place Shahd Wadi.- Challenging Notions of War: Sexual Exploitation of Eastern Migrants in Promised Land Júlia Garraio.- Index

Editorial Reviews

Mediations of Disruption in Post—Conflict Cinema delivers on its promise to present analyses of the representation in cinema of diverse types of conflict from a wide range of academic perspectives, whilst always considering the expressive specificity of a medium which, due to its complexity and effectiveness, may be used to promote criticism, clarification and revision of concepts (among them, those of conflict and post—conflict), but also to shape sometimes necessary and mystifying narratives.” (João Pedro Vicente Faustino, Portuguese Studies, Vol. 34 (02), 2018)

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