Open Roads, Closed Borders

The Contemporary French-language Road Movie

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Policy, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture
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Author: ISBN: 9781783200689
Publisher: Intellect Books Ltd Publication: March 19, 2013
Imprint: Intellect Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781783200689
Publisher: Intellect Books Ltd
Publication: March 19, 2013
Imprint: Intellect
Language: English

This is the first collection of essays about French-language road movies, a particularly rich yet critically neglected cinematic category. These films, the contributors argue, offer important perspectives on contemporary French ideas about national identity, France’s former colonies, Europe, and the rest of the world. Taken together, the essays illustrate how travel and road motifs have enabled directors of various national origins and backgrounds to reimagine space and move beyond simple oppositions such as Islam and secularism, local and global, home and away, France and Africa, and East and West.

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This is the first collection of essays about French-language road movies, a particularly rich yet critically neglected cinematic category. These films, the contributors argue, offer important perspectives on contemporary French ideas about national identity, France’s former colonies, Europe, and the rest of the world. Taken together, the essays illustrate how travel and road motifs have enabled directors of various national origins and backgrounds to reimagine space and move beyond simple oppositions such as Islam and secularism, local and global, home and away, France and Africa, and East and West.

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