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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: WorldCinema 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.

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Author:   Nicole Beth Wallenbrock (Assistant Professor of French, Syracuse University) ,  Frank Jacob (Professor of Global History, Nord University)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:  

9781474456760

ISBN 10:   1474456766
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   31 August 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Migrants’ Perspectives, Migrants in Perspectives: World Cinema - An Introduction - Nicole B. Wallenbrock and Frank Jacob Section I: Migrants’ Perspective 2. Migrants and Refugees in Moving Image Contemporary Art: Ghazel’s ""Home (Stories)"" and Bouchra Khalili’s ""The Mapping Journey Project"" - Valerie Behiery 3. Forced Migration and Fantasies of Return in Palestinian Cinema: When I Saw You (Annemarie Jacir, 2012) and Gate of the Sun (Yousry Nasrallah, 2003) - Drew Paul 4. Displacement and the Vicissitudes of Pan-Arabism: Between The Dupes (Tewfik Saleh, 1973) and In the Last Days of the City (Tamer El Said, 2016) - Mohannad Ghawanmeh 5. Still/Moving: An Analysis of Recent Films about Transnational Migration from Central America to the USA - William Brown 6. Japanese Immigrant Identities on the Brazilian Screen: Gaijin: Os Caminhos da Liberdade (1983) and Corações Sujos (2011) - Frank Jacob Section II: Migrants in Perspective 7. Communitarian versus Humanitarian Forces in the Dardenne Brothers’ La Promesse and Le Silence de Lorna - Colleen Hays 8. This is not Paradise and the Journey Was not Worth it: Globalisation, Financial Crisis and the Portrayal of the Sub-Saharan Immigrant in Two Spanish Films - Marta F. Suarez 9. Mobility Constrained and Enabled by Gender: The in-transit africaine of Hope (Boris Lokjine, 2014) - Nicole B. Wallenbrock 10. Un/documented Migration in ""Borderland Schengen"" - Jan Kühnemund 11. Circulating Images of Death: Festival Films and the Syrian Refugee Crisis - Michelle Baroody ContributorsIndex

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Dr Nicole Wallenbrock is Assistant Professor of French at Syracuse University Professor Frank Jacob is Professor of Global History at Nord University.

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