ReFocus: The Films of Rachid Bouchareb is the first book-length study of the internationally recognized director's films. Bouchareb was one of France's first filmmakers of North African descent and his career as a director and producer now spans over thirty-five years. Remarkably varied in their themes, formal elements and narrative settings, Bouchareb's work has engaged with and reflected on a variety of crucial social, political and historical issues; from the role of colonial troops in the French army during the Second World War, to terrorism in contemporary Europe. This volume examines…mehr
ReFocus: The Films of Rachid Bouchareb is the first book-length study of the internationally recognized director's films. Bouchareb was one of France's first filmmakers of North African descent and his career as a director and producer now spans over thirty-five years. Remarkably varied in their themes, formal elements and narrative settings, Bouchareb's work has engaged with and reflected on a variety of crucial social, political and historical issues; from the role of colonial troops in the French army during the Second World War, to terrorism in contemporary Europe. This volume examines Bouchareb's films from an interdisciplinary perspective, exploring key influences on his output and considering new theoretical approaches to his filmmaking. Michael Gott is Associate Professor of French and program director for the Film & Media Studies BA at the University of Cincinnati Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp is Associate Professor of French and Film at the University of Rhode IslandHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Michael Gott is Associate Professor of French and Film and Media Studies at the University of Cincinnati, where he teaches courses in European Studies, Film and Media Studies, and French-language culture and cinema. He is the author of French-language Road Cinema: Borders, Diasporas and 'New Europe' (EUP, 2016) and co-edited Cinéma-monde: Decentred Perspectives on Global Filmmaking in French (EUP, 2018), Open Roads, Closed Borders: the Contemporary French-Language Road Movie (Intellect, 2013) and East, West and Centre: Reframing European Cinema Since 1989 (EUP, 2014). Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp is Associate Professor of French and Film at the University of Rhode Island and the author of Muslim Women in French Cinema: Voices of Maghrebi Migrants in France (Liverpool University Press, 2015). Her research focuses on representations of minority-ethnic characters in French cinema and on television, as well as on the films and careers of actors and actresses of North and West African descent in France.
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Illustrations A Note on Translations Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Rachid Bouchareb: A Global French Filmmaker Michael Gott and Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp I: A Multidimensional Oeuvre 1. Rachid Bouchareb's Cinema as a 'Vehicle for Encounters': Cultural Mixings and the Pre-Production Process Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp 2. The Road from Baton Rouge: Mapping Rachid Bouchareb's Transnational Mobile Movies Michael Gott 3. Questions of Gender and Embodiment in the Intimiste Films of Rachid Bouchareb Kaya Davies Hayon 4. Genre and Universalism in the Films of Rachid Bouchareb David Pettersen 5. The American Dimensions of Rachid Bouchareb's Cinema Nabil Boudraa and Ahmed Bedjaoui 6. We Could Be Heroes: 'Arabs' Becoming Brave in Rachid Bouchareb's Cinema Julien Gaertner 7. Globalisation, Cinema, and Terrorism in Rachid Bouchareb's Films: London River, Baton Rouge and Little Senegal Mireille Rosello II: Case Studies 8. Aesthetics of Confinement: Space, Memento Mori, and the Recording of History in Rachid Bouchareb's Poussières de vie/Dust of Life Michael O'Riley 9. The Door of No Return: A Cinema of (Up)rooting and Decentring in Rachid Bouchareb's Little Senegal Gemma King 10. Rachid Bouchareb's Hors la loi/Outside the Law: A Lesson in History, Reception and Artistic Licence Jennifer Howell 11. Postcolonial Feminism, Gender, and Genre in Rachid Bouchareb's Just like a Woman Anne Donadey 12. Relations of Disjuncture in a 'World-in-Motion': Rachid Bouchareb's La Voie de l'ennemi/Two Men in Town Valérie K. Orlando Appendix: Filmography of Rachid Bouchareb Index
Illustrations A Note on Translations Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Rachid Bouchareb: A Global French Filmmaker Michael Gott and Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp I: A Multidimensional Oeuvre 1. Rachid Bouchareb's Cinema as a 'Vehicle for Encounters': Cultural Mixings and the Pre-Production Process Leslie Kealhofer-Kemp 2. The Road from Baton Rouge: Mapping Rachid Bouchareb's Transnational Mobile Movies Michael Gott 3. Questions of Gender and Embodiment in the Intimiste Films of Rachid Bouchareb Kaya Davies Hayon 4. Genre and Universalism in the Films of Rachid Bouchareb David Pettersen 5. The American Dimensions of Rachid Bouchareb's Cinema Nabil Boudraa and Ahmed Bedjaoui 6. We Could Be Heroes: 'Arabs' Becoming Brave in Rachid Bouchareb's Cinema Julien Gaertner 7. Globalisation, Cinema, and Terrorism in Rachid Bouchareb's Films: London River, Baton Rouge and Little Senegal Mireille Rosello II: Case Studies 8. Aesthetics of Confinement: Space, Memento Mori, and the Recording of History in Rachid Bouchareb's Poussières de vie/Dust of Life Michael O'Riley 9. The Door of No Return: A Cinema of (Up)rooting and Decentring in Rachid Bouchareb's Little Senegal Gemma King 10. Rachid Bouchareb's Hors la loi/Outside the Law: A Lesson in History, Reception and Artistic Licence Jennifer Howell 11. Postcolonial Feminism, Gender, and Genre in Rachid Bouchareb's Just like a Woman Anne Donadey 12. Relations of Disjuncture in a 'World-in-Motion': Rachid Bouchareb's La Voie de l'ennemi/Two Men in Town Valérie K. Orlando Appendix: Filmography of Rachid Bouchareb Index
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