Film and Nationalism
Film and Nationalism examines the ways in which cinema has been considered an arena of conflict and interaction between nations and nationhood. Each section of this volume explores a crucial aspect of the discussion. Is film an effective form of national propaganda? Are films losing the very notion of nationhood, in favor of a generalized, "global" cinematographic culture? What is films influence over "national character"? In addition, the volume explores the cultural and economic interactions between developed and underdeveloped countries. How have third world nations defined themselves in relation to hegemonic first world cultures, and how have their relations been changed through the dissemination of Western films? Throughout, Alan Williams chooses essays that enhance our understanding of how films help shape our sense of nationhood and self.
The concept of national cinema / Andrew Higson
Movie analyses in the study of culture / Martha Wolfenstein
Australian cinema as a national cinema / Tom O'Regan
The testament of Dr. Goebbels / Eric Rentschler
The "funny war" of the sexes in French cinema / Noël Burch and Geneviève Sellier
The legacy of T.E. Lawrence : the forward policy of western film critics in the Far East / Stephen Teo
Are all Latins from Manhattan? Hollywood, ethnography, and cultural colonialism / Ana M. López
Multinational pest control : does American cinema still exist? / Jonathan Rosenbaum
A neo-Marxist approach : world film trade and global culture flows / Janet Staiger