Migrants' Perspectives, Migrants in Perspective

World Cinema

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Edited by Nicole Beth Wallenbrock and Frank Jacob

Type: Studies
Subject: Sociology
Keywords: immigration
Publishing date: 2021
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Language: English

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Hardcover • 272 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4744-5676-0

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Book Presentation:
Analyses how migrants are portrayed in film from different viewpoints
• Deciphers the semiotics of migration and its representation in cinema
• Analyses films which depict migration in Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East
• Explores films that transgress mainstream popular currents and instead participate in alternative networks, such as internet, festivals, museums, and art-house circuits

Presenting the depiction of migration through a variety of cinematic outlets, this volume explores film’s depiction of human displacement in different geographic circumstances and probes the reasons why cinema so frequently evokes a stereotype of in-transit people. Techniques of affect and distance are revealed in the contributors’ close film studies of wide-ranging matter which include works by the Dardenne brothers, transnational video artists Ghazel and Bouchra Khalili, and studies of Syrian films at Western festivals.

Migrants’ Perspective, Migrants in Perspective: World Cinema deciphers the semiotics of migration and its representation in cinema, exploring both the complications of shooting a migrant subject, and the challenges of including the migrants’ point of view.

About the authors:
Dr Nicole Wallenbrock is Assistant Professor of French at Syracuse UniversityProfessor Frank Jacob is Professor of Global History at Nord University.

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