Nationalism and the Cinema in France : : Political Mythologies and Film Events, 1945-1995 / / Hugo Frey.

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 sugge...

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Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • INTRODUCTION From International ‘High Art’ to the Parisian Political Melee
  • CHAPTER ONE The Cinema of Self-promotion: Patriotic Subtexts in ‘Films about Films’
  • CHAPTER TWO The Search for National Unity through History
  • CHAPTER THREE The Representation of a Modern Chic People
  • CHAPTER FOUR A Paradox in Anti-Americanism: Public Protest and Visual Ambiguity
  • CHAPTER FIVE The Maintenance of Neocolonial Attitudes
  • CHAPTER SIX The Persistence of Anti-Semitism
  • CHAPTER SEVEN The Cinema and the Extreme Right-wing Undercurrent
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index