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Focusing on the concept of Eurocentrism, this influential work in postcolonial studies examines how hidden assumptions and narratives shape a collective understanding within popular culture, film, and mass media. By dissecting these interwoven elements, the book reveals the pervasive epistemology that underlies societal perceptions and cultural representations, making it a critical resource for understanding the dynamics of power and knowledge in a postcolonial context.

The book offers an in-depth exploration of the connections between world literature, transnational cinema, and global media, examining their historical developments and key concepts. It emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of these fields, highlighting how they intersect and influence one another. Through a comprehensive analysis, it aims to provide a deeper understanding of the cultural and theoretical frameworks that shape contemporary literature and media studies on a global scale.

First published in 1992. New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics provides a comprehensive lexicon of semiotic concepts. With sections on linguistics, narratology, psychoanalysis and intertextuality, it constructs an indispensable dictionary for film theory, defining over five hundred critical terms. The authors address key aspects of contemporary semiotics and cultural debate, while referring to the work of key figures such as Peirce, Saussure, Derrida, Barthes, Propp, Genette, Greimas, Kristeva, Lacan, Metz, Bellour, Heath, Mulvey, Johnston, Rose, Doane, Bakhtin and Baudrillard. The semiotic concepts are illustrated by examples drawn from the films of directors such as Welles, Dreyer, Brunel, Godard, Hitchcock, Varda, Akerman and Woody Allen. Although especially geared to the needs of film students, New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics should be useful for scholars in all areas of the arts, philosophy and literature.

This work is an introduction to film theory, particularly aimed at those studying film and literature as it examines issues common to both subjects such as realism, illusionism, narration, style and semiotics.

Exploring the intricacies of patriotism, this book delves into its multifaceted identity rather than simply accepting or rejecting it. It encourages readers to engage with the nuanced meanings and implications of being patriotic, fostering a deeper understanding of its complexities in contemporary society.

This lively and accessible textbook, written by an expert in film studies, provides a fascinating introduction to the process and art of literature-to- film adaptations. číst celé

Reflexivity refers to those moments in fiction and film when the work suddenly calls attention to itself as a fictional construct. For example, in literature a character might suddenly step out of the story and address the reader.

Indigeneity and the Decolonizing Gaze orchestrates an unprecedented conversation between French philosophers, Brazilian modernists, and indigenous artists and thinkers from North and South America. Against the long historical backdrop of 1492, Columbus, and the Conquest, Robert Stam's wide-ranging study traces a trajectory from the representation of indigenous peoples by others to self-representation by indigenous peoples as a form of resistance to colonial capitalism. In this indigenous sequel to the foundational text Unthinking Eurocentrism (with Ella Shohat), Stam counterpoints the western mediated gaze on the 'Indian' and the indigenous gaze itself, especially as incarnated in the burgeoning movement of 'indigenous media', that is, the use of audio-visual-digital media for the social and cultural purposes of indigenous peoples themselves. Drawing on examples from cinema, literature, music, video, painting, and stand-up comedy, Stam shows how indigenous artists intellectuals, and activists have offered ideas profoundly relevant to the multiple crises - climatological, economic, political, racial, and cultural - afflicting the contemporary world.

Das in seiner Art einmalige Buch nimmt gleich drei Kontinente - Afrika, Amerika(s), Europa - in den Fokus und zeigt die strukturellen Funktionen von Rassismus auf: Ausbeutung, Enteignung, Auslöschung. In einer kulturgeschichtlichen Tour de Force rund um den atlantischen Raum wird die Ideologie von 'Rasse' dekonstruiert, wie auch die wesentlichen Debatten um Rassismus und Kolonialismus in Frankreich, Brasilien und den USA skizziert werden. So entsteht ein transnationaler, transatlantischer, multikultureller Dialog der Geschichten, Ideen und Perspektiven!