Overview

Taking its cue from Deleuze's definition of minor cinema as one which engages in a creative act of becoming, this collection explores the multifarious ways that music has been used in the cinemas of various countries in Australasia, Africa, Latin America and even in Europe that have hitherto received little attention. The authors consider such film music with a focus on the role it has played creating, problematizing, and sometimes contesting, the nation. Film Music in 'Minor' National Cinemas addresses the relationships between film music and the national cinemas beyond Hollywood and the European countries that comprise most of the literature in the field. Broad in scope, it includes chapters that analyze the contribution of specific composers and songwriters to their national cinemas, and the way music works in films dealing with national narratives or issues; the role of music in the shaping of national stars and specific use of genres; audience reception of films on national music traditions; and the use of music in emerging digital video industries.

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Author:   Germán Gil-Curiel (University College Cork, Republic of Ireland)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9781628926675

ISBN 10:   1628926678
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   07 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: Film, Music & National Cinemas: Asia, Africa and Latin America Germán Gil-Curiel, Sino-British College, Shanghai, China Chapter 2: New Zealand Cinema, National Identity and Don McGlashan Henry Johnson, University of Otago, New Zealand Chapter 3: Chinese Identity and Total Art: Tan Dun's Aesthetics of Visual Music Germán Gil-Curiel, Sino-British College, Shanghai, China Chapter 4: The China Melody: Musical Invention of Borderless Fantasy on Japan's Imperial Screen Chikako Nagayama, McMaster University, Canada Chapter 5: Collective Nostalgia and Anxiety in Korean Film Music: Im Kwont'aek's Use of P'ansori in Sop'yonje Jooyeon Rhee, Wittenberg University, USA Chapter 6: 'Sobre las Olas', the Waltz and the Films: Classical Music and Mexican Identity Armida de la Garza, Xian-Jiaotong Liverpool University, China Chapter 7: Black Orpheus (1959) and Brazilian Identity Hans Hess, University of Bristol, UK Chapter 8: 'Yo soy un hombre sincero': Music and Nation-building in Cuban Cinema Nicholas Balaisis, Concordia University, Canada Chapter 9: 'Minor' Sounds in Flight: Musical Journeys as Collective Oral Histories and Archival Sights and Sounds in the Films of Bahman Ghobadi Rowena Santos Aquino, California State University, Long Beach, USA Chapter 10: High and Low: Popular Music in Portuguese Film Carolin Overhoff Ferreira, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil Chapter 11: Between the Ceremonial and the Musical: Music and African Identity in the Films of Flora Gomes Carolin Overhoff Ferreira, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil Chapter 12: Between the Text and the Subtext: A Reading of Selected Benin Musical Video-Films from Nigeria Osakue S. Omoera, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and Charles O. Aluede, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Notes on Contributors Glossary Index

Reviews

This book competently addresses two elements in need of further scholarly attention: non-mainstream cinema and film music. From Cuba to New Zealand, and from steampunk to samba, this collection is an eclectic mix of films and their soundtracks. The authors juggle advanced concepts from film theory with themes such as censorship, nostalgia, nationalism and many others to paint a complex relationship between more global mainstream trends and localized translations and innovations. Justin A. Williams, Lecturer in Music, University of Bristol, UK

Mentioned. The Chronicle of Higher Education This book competently addresses two elements in need of further scholarly attention: non-mainstream cinema and film music. From Cuba to New Zealand, and from steampunk to samba, this collection is an eclectic mix of films and their soundtracks. The authors juggle advanced concepts from film theory with themes such as censorship, nostalgia, nationalism and many others to paint a complex relationship between more global mainstream trends and localized translations and innovations. Justin A. Williams, Lecturer in Music, University of Bristol, UK

Author Information

Germán Gil-Curiel is Research Affiliate at University College Cork, Republic of Ireland, where he also teaches Latin American Music. An accomplished classical guitarist, his main research and teaching interests are on the relationship between music, film and literature. He is the author of A Comparative Approach: The Early European Supernatural Tale: Five Variations on a Theme (2011), and has published multiple book chapters and articles about music in film.

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