Reframing the European Other: Identity and Belonging in Contemporary French and German Cinema

by Kamil Zapasnik, Fiona Handyside (Editor), Danielle Hipkins (Editor), Mariana Liz (Editor), Catherine Wheatley (Editor)

Overview

In the wake of rising xenophobic violence, nationalism and right-wing fundamentalism in Europe, this book evaluates the portrayal of the migrant Other in selected examples of contemporary French and German cinema from the period 1989-2020 in the context of the ongoing debate about European identity and its socio-political significance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800799264
Publisher:	Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	11/28/2023
Series:	New Studies in European Cinema , #24
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kamil Jan Zapaśnik holds a PhD in French and German Film from the Department of European Cultures and Languages at Birkbeck, University of London. He has recently relocated to New York City, where he is working on a new research project focused on the representation of queer identities in contemporary film and television.

Table of Contents

Contents: Claire Denis’s J’ai pas sommeil (1994): Debating Foreignness and Its European Implications – Multiple Identities – One Europe? Readings of Kutluğ Ataman’s Lola und Bilidikid (1999) and Faraz Shariat’s Futur Drei (2020) – To Act or Not to Act? Unravelling the Political Aspect of the European in the Films of Michael Haneke and Fatih Akin – Europe’s Problematic Margins: Claire Denis’s 35 Rhums (2008) and Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan (2015) – Rethinking Foreignness: In Search of Europe’s New Others.