Nationalism and the Cinema in France

Political Mythologies and Film Events, 1945-1995
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78533-208-1
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

It is often taken for granted that French cinema is intimately connected to the nation’s sense of identity and self-confidence. But what do we really know about that relationship? What are the nuances, insider codes, and hidden history of the alignment between cinema and nationalism? Hugo Frey suggests that the concepts of the ‘political myth’ and ‘the film event’ are the essential theoretical reference points for unlocking film history. Nationalism and the Cinema in France offers new arguments regarding those connections in the French case, examining national elitism, neo-colonialism, and other exclusionary discourses, as well as discussing for the first time the subculture of cinema around the extreme right Front National. Key works from directors such as Michel Audiard, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Marcel Pagnol, Jean Renoir, Jacques Tati, François Truffaut, and others provide a rich body of evidence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frey, Hugo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction: From International ‘High Art’ to the Parisian Political Melee

Chapter 1. The Cinema of Self-Promotion: Patriotic Subtexts in ‘Films about Films’  

Chapter 2. The Search for National Unity through History

Chapter 3. The Representation of a Modern Chic People

Chapter 4. A Paradox in Anti-Americanism: Public Protest and on Screen Ambiguity

Chapter 5. The Maintenance of Neo-Colonial Attitudes  

Chapter 6. The Persistence of anti-Semitism

Chapter 7. The Cinema and the Extreme Right-Wing Undercurrent

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Frey, Hugo
Hugo Frey is Head of Department and Professor of Cultural and Visual History at the University of Chichester, UK. He is the author of Louis Malle (2004) and co-author with Jan Baetens of The Graphic Novel: An Introduction (2015). He has published articles on historiography, cinema and graphic novels in journals such as Contemporary French Civilisation, Journal of European Studies, South Central Review, and Yale French Studies. Since the fall of 2013 he has been an invited guest lecturer on French cinema for the Prince's Teaching Institute, London.