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Far-Flung Families in Film
The Diasporic Family in Contemporary European Cinema
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An in-depth critical exploration of cinematic representations of the family in transnational cinema
• Watch an interview with author Daniela Berghahn on Facultimedia.com to find out more about Far-Flung Families in Film
In the age of globalisation, diasporic and other types of transnational family are increasingly represented in films such as East is East, Le Grand Voyage, Almanya – Welcome to Germany, Immigrant Memories, Couscous, When We Leave, Monsoon Wedding and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. While there is a significant body of scholarship on the representation of the family in Hollywood cinema, this is the first book to analyse the depiction of Black and Asian British, Maghrebi French and Turkish German families from a comparative transnational perspective.
Drawing on critical concepts from diaspora studies, anthropology, socio-historical research on diasporic families and the burgeoning field of transnational film studies, this book is an essential read for Film Studies scholars and students who are researching families and issues of race and ethnicity in cinema, the media and visual culture.
Key features
• Takes a theme-centred approach, examining journeys of migration, family memories, gender identities, romance and weddings
• Includes fifteen detailed case studies of diasporic family films
• All of the films discussed in the book are commercially available on DVD
• Interactive companion website www.farflungfamilies.net provides additional resources
About the Author:
Daniela Berghahn is Professor of Film Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. She has published widely in the areas of migrant and diasporic cinema, transnational cinema and post-war German cinema and culture. Her books include Head On (2015), Far-Flung Families in Film: The Diasporic Family in Contemporary European Cinema (EUP 2013), European Cinema in Motion: Migrant and Diasporic Film in Contemporary Europe (2010) and Hollywood Behind the Wall: The Cinema of East Germany (2005).
Press Reviews:
Daniela Berghahn provides a timely, wide-ranging, and engaging analysis of diasporic family films made by key directors from around the world living in Europe and identifies a new European cinema in the new multicultural Europe.– Hamid Naficy, author of An Accented Cinema: Exilic and Diasporic Filmmaking
‘Berghahn’s engaging style, the range of her material and the depth of analysis make this a refreshing contribution to the field. This is a fascinating and timely volume which will appeal to academics, but ought also to reach a wider audience interested in contemporary cinema.’– Alexandra Lloyd, University of Oxford, Journal of Contemporary European Studies
‘Daniela Berghahn exhibits here her characteristic ability to provide an overview of a large and complicated topic with clarity, theoretical insight, and scholarly erudition. In five chapters plus an introduction, Berghahn discusses the development of a genre that is interconnected with the history of labor migration, asylum, and exile…Its multilingual bibliography is itself an excellent tool to foster transnational and truly European models of research. The clarity of writing style and the breadth of the discussion make it appropriate for multiple levels, including the undergraduate classroom.’– Randall Halle, Monatshefte
‘Berghahn’s monograph offers a valuable contribution to the field of transnational European film studies. Furthermore, having enjoyed the resources offered by an AHRC grant, it benefits from a very useful companion website (farflungfamilies.net) that offers additional material on the films discussed, as well as related podcasts and information. This not only facilitates further its pedagogic use, but also allows it to circulate even more widely and transnationally than the book itself, potentially having an impact not only on further academic studies of diasporic cinema but also on the filmmaking community itself, inspiring the production and circulation of ever more films that address crosscultural themes and issues.’– Lydia Papadimitriou, Screen, 562 Summer 2015
‘Berghahn’s monograph offers a valuable contribution to the field of transnational European film studies. Furthermore, having enjoyed the resources offered by an AHRC grant, it benefits from a very useful companion website (farflungfamilies.net) that offers additional material on the films discussed, as well as related podcasts and information. This not only facilitates further its pedagogic use, but also allows it to circulate even more widely and transnationally than the book itself, potentially having an impact not only on further academic studies of diasporic cinema but also on the filmmaking community itself, inspiring the production and circulation of ever more films that address crosscultural themes and issues.’– Lydia Papadimitriou, Screen, 562 Summer 2015
Far-Flung Families in Film explores the conflicted tensions sustaining its key terms "diasporic" and "family". Giving full scope to the centrifugal and centripetal forces at work, Daniela Berghahn admirably proves that the "transnational turn" has energized not only filmmakers, but invigorated debate among the academic community as well.– Thomas Elsaesser, author of European Cinema: Face to Face with Hollywood
The beautifully illustrated Far-Flung Families in Film is a milestone in the study of diasporic film and ‘accented cinema’ (Hamid Naficy), and it also marks a particularly original and much-needed contribution to transnational cinema studies. I would warmly recommend Daniela Berghahn’s book to scholars, students, makers, promoters and critics of film as well as to learned cinema-goers.– Márta Minier, University of South Wales, Transnational Cinemas
‘The beautifully illustrated Far-Flung Families in Film is a milestone in the study of diasporic film and ‘accented cinema’ (Hamid Naficy), and it also marks a particularly original and much-needed contribution to transnational cinema studies. I would warmly recommend Daniela Berghahn’s book to scholars, students, makers, promoters and critics of film as well as to learned cinema-goers.’– Márta Minier, University of South Wales, Transnational Cinemas
See the publisher website: Edinburgh University Press
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