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World cinema and cultural memory

Hedges, Inez, 1947- author

Overview

Cinema has long played a crucial role in the way that societies remember and represent themselves. In the last quarter century, film has been an important medium in the public debate around the memory of the Holocaust and of Hiroshima; of the Algerian war for independence and of the Spanish Civil War; of the Allende legacy in Chile, the utopian dreams of 1968, and the aborted project of the German Democratic Republic; in identity formation in Palestine and in the African diaspora. Hedges discusses the role of cinema within a global perspective that spans five continents, and proposes an original typology of cultural memory. In the process, she re-evaluates the contributions of major directors and uncovers hitherto neglected yet important works. The author develops her arguments in an approachable style that will encourage readers to rethink their own memories of films and to reflect on the way that cinema contributes to collective and cultural memory. The book's innovative approach should transform the way that we think of film and its social effects.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Subject: Motion pictures Social aspects. / Motion pictures Philosophy. / Collective memory and motion pictures. / Motion pictures History.
• ISBN: 1137465115, 9781137465115

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PN1995.9.S6.H43 2015	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE