{"product_id":"refugee-cinema-bruce-bennett-9780197625668","title":"Refugee Cinema","description":"\u003cem\u003eRefugee Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e studies the representation of refugees and asylum seekers in cinema from the early 20th century through to the present. It examines a wide variety of material from around the world, from feature films and documentaries, through to newsreels, public information films, animations, experimental cinema and gallery installations. It analyzes the varied approaches used by filmmakers as they attempt to tell refugees' stories. Examining the 'fugitive aesthetics' of refugee cinema, it asks how these films convey the experience of forced displacement and how they might enable viewers to understand the circumstances that force people to flee their homes, leaving behind everything that is familiar. It also considers how successful such cinematic stories can be at revealing the diverse humanity that lies behind the reductive, stereotypical figure of the 'refugee' that dominates political and media discourse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs well as films \u003cem\u003eabout\u003c\/em\u003e refugees that document the experiences of displacement, journeying, detention, harassment, of social integration or marginalization, and returning home, \u003cem\u003eRefugee Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e also discusses documentaries made \u003cem\u003ewith\u003c\/em\u003e refugees, a collaborative, participatory approach to filmmaking that potentially grants refugees greater agency over their own stories. Alongside these examples, the book examines a number of films made by refugees. This category of films offers quite different perspectives on refugee experience and brings into focus the principal question addressed by \u003cem\u003eRefugee Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e: to what extent can cinema represent the voices, experiences, and circumstances of refugees?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Bennett,Katarzyna Marciniak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197625665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197625668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.52h x 6.48w x 0.93d","brand":"Bruce Bennett","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49084228698367,"sku":"9780197625668","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/refugee-cinema-bruce-bennett-9780197625668","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}