Crossing New Europe: Postmodern Travel and the European Road Movie (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781904764670)

Although a long-established and influential genre, this is the first comprehensive study of the European road cinema. Crossing New Europe investigates this tradition, its relationship with the American road movie and its aesthetic forms. This movement examines such crucial issues as individual and national identity crises, and phenomena such as displacement, diaspora, exile, migration, nomadism, and tourism in postmodern, post-Berlin Wall Europe. Drawing on the work of Said, Hall, Shields, Urry, Bauman, Deleuze and Guattari and other critical theorists, Crossing New Europe adopts a broad interpretation of "Europe" and discusses directors and films who have long been associated with the road movie, such as Wim Wenders (Alice in the Cities, Lisbon Story) and Aki Kaurism ki (Leningrad Cowboys Go America ), and other more recent contributions such as Run Lola Run, Dear Diary and The Last Resort.

Author: Ewa Mazierska, Laura Rascaroli
ISBN-10: 1904764673
ISBN-13: 9781904764670
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Language: English
Published: 09/18/2006
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.20w x 0.68d