Jörg Türschmann

Manuel Palacio

The attempt to produce films for the international market has led to lively exchanges and meeting points between local and national identity discourses and global processes of identity formation. Co-productions alone can no longer be seen as an incentive for national cultural production. Rather, it is necessary to regard co-productions as a privileged site for an analysis of the relations between identity, nation, and culture. Transnational Cinema in Europe is the result of a collaboration of two research groups in Madrid and Vienna. The book consists of articles by members of both research groups, as well as by several other experts. (Series: Contributions to the European Theater, Film and Media Studies / Beitrage zur europaischen Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft - Vol. 4)

Transnational Cinema in Europe

Margarete Rubik

Elke Mettinger-Schartmann

From the late 19th century onwards Paris had been a congenial locus for bohemian life. By 1920 Montparnasse had superseded Montmartre as the intellectual and artistic heart of the city, inaugurating a decade of unequalled creative achievement and innovative self-performance. These were the years of the 'Roaring Twenties' or années folles. “Paris” – as Gertrude Stein famously remarked – “was where the twentieth century was”. TheRive Gauche offered a carnivalesque atmosphere of liberality, where the manifold experiments of the avant-garde could breathe freely. This volume attempts to do justice to the polyphony of voices and points up the synergies that existed between the creative activities of writers, painters, publishers, photographers and film-makers. The contributors adopt interdisciplinary approaches, casting new light on the rich and diverse artistic world of Paris in the twenties as presented in lesser known works by French artists, English and American expatriates, but also Belgian, Dutch, German, Polish or South American avant-gardists. The collection thus gives the reader a fascinating insight into artistic productions which have hitherto received comparatively little critical attention.

Paris as a Site of Avant-garde Art and Cultural Exchange in the 1920s

Rive Gauche

Birgit Wagner

Im Zentrum dieses Bandes steht der Formatbegriff in seiner Sonderstellung zwischen Gattung, Genre, offenem und geschlossenem Text. Zugleich bietet das Buch eine vergleichende Darstellung von in Frankreich, Deutschland, Italien, Spanien, Brasilien und den USA erfolgreichen Formaten: Serie, Miniserie, Fernsehfilm, Talkshow sowie Celebrities, die Formatinnovationen vorantreiben. Science Fiction, Melodram, Horror, Krimi und Genreparodie werden televisuell anverwandelt, narrative und dokumentarische Formate wandern zwischen den Kulturen. Mit diesem Band werden Texte prominenter französischer und spanischer Fernsehforscher (Francois Jost, Manuel Palacio) erstmalig in deutscher Übersetzung vorgelegt.

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