Cinéma-Monde: Decentred Perspectives on Global Filmmaking in French - Paperback

by Michael Gott (Editor), Thibaut Schilt (Editor)

The first book devoted to a wide-ranging study of developments in global French-language cinema, from Quebec to Mauritania and from Belgium to Cambodia, Cinéma-monde picks up on the lively scholarly debates generated by the related topic of littérature-monde. Extending the scope of this debate to cover the thriving and diverse area of international French-language cinema, this innovative book also considers cinema from France within the context of global production. With contributions from an international range of specialists, and with considerations of works by contemporary directors like Rachid Bouchareb, Abderrahmane Sissako and Rithy Panh, Cinéma-monde explores the porous borders around francophone spaces and the ways in which languages and identities 'travel' in contemporary cinema.

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The first book devoted to a wide-ranging study of developments in global French-language cinema, from Quebec to Mauritania and from Belgium to Cambodia, Cinéma-monde picks up on the lively scholarly debates generated by the related topic of littérature-monde. Extending the scope of this debate to cover the thriving and diverse area of international French-language cinema, this innovative book also considers cinema from France within the context of global production. With contributions from an international range of specialists, and with considerations of works by contemporary directors like Rachid Bouchareb, Abderrahmane Sissako and Rithy Panh, Cinéma-monde explores the porous borders around francophone spaces and the ways in which languages and identities 'travel' in contemporary cinema. Michael Gott is Assistant Professor of French and Niehoff Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Thibaut Schilt is Associate Professor of French at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts. Cover image: Diego Star, Frédérick Pelletier, 2013 (c) Metafilms Cover design: [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-1498-2 Barcode

Author Biography

Michael Gott is Associate Professor of French and Film and Media Studies at the University of Cincinnati, where he teaches courses in European Studies, Film and Media Studies, and French-language culture and cinema. He is the author of French-language Road Cinema: Borders, Diasporas and 'New Europe' (EUP, 2016) and co-edited Cinéma-monde: Decentred Perspectives on Global Filmmaking in French (EUP, 2018), Open Roads, Closed Borders: the Contemporary French-Language Road Movie (Intellect, 2013) and East, West and Centre: Reframing European Cinema Since 1989 (EUP, 2014).

Thibaut Schilt is Associate Professor of French at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts, where he teaches courses in francophone and European cinema, gender studies, and French language and culture. He is the author of the monograph François Ozon (University of Illinois Press, 2011). In 2013, he co-edited with Michael Gott the volume Open Roads, Closed Borders: the Contemporary French-Language Road Movie, published with Intellect Press. He has published several articles on French-language road movies and queer cinema.