Far-Flung Families in Film: The Diasporic Family in Contemporary European Cinema

by Daniela Berghahn

Book Overview

In the age of globalisation, diasporic and other types of transnational family are increasingly represented across the film spectrum in works such as Bend It Like Beckham, The Namesake, Boys 'n the Hood, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (The Brave Heart Will Take the Bride) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. While there is a significant body of scholarship on the representation of the family in Hollywood cinema, an analysis of the depiction of the diasporic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748642900
• ISBN13: 9780748642908
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.5"