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Cosmopolitan Aspirations in Contemporary Cinema

Cosmopolitan Aspirations in Contemporary Cinema

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

Film StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1032794984
ISBN13: 9781032794983
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 16 2024
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book presents cosmopolitanism as a useful methodological approach to understand the transnational synergies present in contemporary cinema.

In line with existing literature from the social sciences, the volume aims to contribute to the 'cosmopolitan turn' in cinema studies. It considers cosmopolitanism as, among others, a personal and social aspiration of social justice, world citizenship and celebration of difference; a notion to be criticised as elitist, Western, often imperialist, and homogenising; and an actually existing social practice characterised by contradiction, messiness and conflict. The chapters in this volume offer insights into the variety of sometimes contradictory discourses that arise from a cosmopolitan interpretation of a wide variety of film texts. Key topics explored in this book include borders, (im)mobilities, migration, race, class and film aesthetics.

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