Past forward : French cinema and the post-colonial heritage /

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In Past Forward: French Cinema and the Post-Colonial Heritage, author Dayna Oscherwitz focuses on the world of French films with a new lens. Drawing upon a wealth of research and the examination of popular French movies, Oscherwitz offers fresh perspectives not only on the unique importance of motio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Oscherwitz, Dayna, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Motion pictures > France > History > 20th century.
Historical films > France > History and criticism.
National characteristics, French, in motion pictures.
Imperialism in motion pictures.
Collective memory > France.
Cinéma > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Films historiques > France > Histoire et critique.
Français au cinéma.
Impérialisme au cinéma.
Mémoire collective > France.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
ART > Film & Video.
Collective memory
Historical films
Imperialism in motion pictures
Motion pictures
National characteristics, French, in motion pictures
France
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Constructing memory : the history of heritage in France
  • Family pictures : ancestry, nostalgia, and the French heritage film
  • Heritage and its discontents : memory, history, and the expanding space of the past
  • Memory's blind spots : immigration, integration, and the post-colonial heritage
  • Recovered memories : diversity, history, and the expanding space of the past
  • Conclusion : the fall of time and the rise of space from the post-colonial to the posthistorical.

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