Title:
Cinema and community
Author:
McKiernan, D. W., 1945-
ISBN:
9780230517615
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Publication Information:
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Physical Description:
ix, 226 p. ; 23 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
1. Reading Community in the Cinema (Slap Her ... She's French; Whale Rider; Distant Voices, Still Lives) -- 2. Representing the Ambivalence of Community (Babette's Feast; The Magdalene Sisters) -- 3. Realizing Community in Suburban America (It's a Wonderful Life; Pleasantville; American Beauty) -- 4. Class, Gender and Communitarianism (Brassed Off; The Full Monty; Billy Elliot) -- 5. Leaving the Margins: Women and Community (Calendar Girls; School for Seduction) -- 6. Honour and Community in Multicultural Britain (My Son the Fanatic; East is East; Ae Fond Kiss; Yasmin) -- 7. Globalization, Mobility and Community (Lost in Translation; Monsoon Wedding; Last Resort; Lilya 4-Ever; In this World) -- 8. Community, Structure and Anti-structure (Together; The Idiots; Italian for Beginners) -- 9. Conclusion.
Abstract:
"Cinema and Community is the first book-length study of the way mainstream commercial cinema represents society's complex relationship with community. Critically engaging with the idea and practice of community, it provides an original and substantial analysis of contemporary films that treat community as a significant theme."--BOOK JACKET.
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Electronic Access:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2008011401-t.htmlPublisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2008011401-d.html