Past forward : French cinema and the post-colonial heritage /
Oscherwitz, Dayna, 1970-
Past forward : French cinema and the post-colonial heritage / Dayna Oscherwitz. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (ix, 211 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Constructing memory : the history of heritage in France -- Family pictures : ancestry, nostalgia, and the French heritage film -- Heritage and its discontents : memory, history, and the expanding space of the past -- Memory's blind spots : immigration, integration, and the post-colonial heritage -- Recovered memories : diversity, history, and the expanding space of the past -- Conclusion : the fall of time and the rise of space from the post-colonial to the posthistorical.
In Past Forward: French Cinema and the Post-Colonial Heritage, author Dayna Oscherwitz focuses on the world of French films with a new lens. Drawing upon a wealth of research and the examination of popular French movies, Oscherwitz offers fresh perspectives not only on the unique importance of motion pictures and their indelible influence on French character, but on current debates regarding individual and collective memory. Past Forward traces the development and ascension of the French heritage film--those historical and costume dramas focusing on prestigious French subjects, events, and settings.
English.
9780809385881 (electronic bk.) 0809385880 (electronic bk.) 1280696818 9781280696817 9786613673770 6613673773
1900-1999
Motion pictures--History--France--20th century.
Historical films--History and criticism.--France
National characteristics, French, in motion pictures.
Imperialism in motion pictures.
Collective memory--France.
Cinéma--Histoire--France--20e siècle.
Films historiques--Histoire et critique.--France
Français au cinéma.
Impérialisme au cinéma.
Mémoire collective--France.
PERFORMING ARTS--Film & Video--Reference.
ART--Film & Video.
Collective memory.
Historical films.
Imperialism in motion pictures.
Motion pictures.
National characteristics, French, in motion pictures.
France.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PN1993.5.F7 / O838 2010eb
791.430944
Past forward : French cinema and the post-colonial heritage / Dayna Oscherwitz. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (ix, 211 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Constructing memory : the history of heritage in France -- Family pictures : ancestry, nostalgia, and the French heritage film -- Heritage and its discontents : memory, history, and the expanding space of the past -- Memory's blind spots : immigration, integration, and the post-colonial heritage -- Recovered memories : diversity, history, and the expanding space of the past -- Conclusion : the fall of time and the rise of space from the post-colonial to the posthistorical.
In Past Forward: French Cinema and the Post-Colonial Heritage, author Dayna Oscherwitz focuses on the world of French films with a new lens. Drawing upon a wealth of research and the examination of popular French movies, Oscherwitz offers fresh perspectives not only on the unique importance of motion pictures and their indelible influence on French character, but on current debates regarding individual and collective memory. Past Forward traces the development and ascension of the French heritage film--those historical and costume dramas focusing on prestigious French subjects, events, and settings.
English.
9780809385881 (electronic bk.) 0809385880 (electronic bk.) 1280696818 9781280696817 9786613673770 6613673773
1900-1999
Motion pictures--History--France--20th century.
Historical films--History and criticism.--France
National characteristics, French, in motion pictures.
Imperialism in motion pictures.
Collective memory--France.
Cinéma--Histoire--France--20e siècle.
Films historiques--Histoire et critique.--France
Français au cinéma.
Impérialisme au cinéma.
Mémoire collective--France.
PERFORMING ARTS--Film & Video--Reference.
ART--Film & Video.
Collective memory.
Historical films.
Imperialism in motion pictures.
Motion pictures.
National characteristics, French, in motion pictures.
France.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PN1993.5.F7 / O838 2010eb
791.430944