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

by Daniela Berghahn

Book Overview

Why have films with diasporic family narratives increased in popularity in recent years? How do representations of the diasporic family differ from those of more dominant social groups? How does diasporic cinema negotiate the conventions of film genres commonly associated with the representation of the family?

In the age of globalisation, diasporic and other types of transnational family are increasingly represented in films such as East is...

• 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"