{"product_id":"european-civil-war-films-eleftheria-rania-kosmidou-9780415523202","title":"European Civil War Films: Memory, Conflict, and Nostalgia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the ways in which late twentieth-century European cinema deals with the neglected subject of civil war. Exploring a range of films about the Spanish, Irish, former Yugoslavia, and Greek civil wars, this comparative and interdisciplinary study engages with contemporary debates in cultural memory and investigates the ways in which cinematic postmemory is problematic. Many of the films present an idealized past that glosses over the reality of these civil wars, at times producing a nostalgic discourse of loss and longing. Other films engage with the past in a melancholic fashion. These cinematic discourses articulate contemporary concerns, especially the loss of ideology and a utopian political horizon in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989, a date that marks a significant break in European history and an accompanying paradigm shift in European cultural memory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilmmakers examined include Trueba, Cuerda, Loach, Jordan, Kusturica, Dragojevic, and Angelopoulos. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eleftheria Rania Kosmidou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415523206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415523202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Eleftheria Rania Kosmidou","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064929988863,"sku":"9780415523202","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6857d361-aaf7-474a-871f-2c2dda818869.jpg?v=1768671989","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/european-civil-war-films-eleftheria-rania-kosmidou-9780415523202","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}