Representing the Rural: Space, Place, and Identity in Films about the Land

A comprehensive and in-depth examination of the role of rural space in the cinema, contributing needed analysis to existing work on space, place, and identity in film.

Although the urban setting in film has received much critical attention, little has been written about the use of land, or the rural, in the cinema-despite its equally prolific and consistent history as a backdrop to both fiction and documentary work. This collection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814333052
• ISBN13: 9780814333051
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"