Fatih Akin's Cinema and the New Sound of Europe

At a time when belonging and identity in Europe is complicated by questions of race, ethnicity, religion, and citizenship, Berna Gueneli explores the transnational works of acclaimed Turkish-German filmmaker and auteur Fatih Akın, demonstrates how Akın's aesthetics intersect with politics to re...

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Main Author: Gueneli, Berna (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Bloomington Indiana University Press 2019
In:Year: 2019
Series/Journal:New Directions in National Cinemas Ser
Further subjects:B Women motion picture producers and directors-Europe
B Electronic books
B Motion pictures-Europe
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Print version: Gueneli, Berna: Fatih Akin's Cinema and the New Sound of Europe. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press,c2019
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Summary:At a time when belonging and identity in Europe is complicated by questions of race, ethnicity, religion, and citizenship, Berna Gueneli explores the transnational works of acclaimed Turkish-German filmmaker and auteur Fatih Akın, demonstrates how Akın's aesthetics intersect with politics to reshape notions of Europe, European cinema, and cinematic history
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Fatih Akın: A Contemporary Filmmaker from Germany -- Chapter 1. Mapping Europe: The Road Movie Genre and Transnational European Space in Film -- Chapter 2. The Sound of Polyphony: Multilingualism, Multiethnicity, and Linguistic Empowerment in Head-On -- Chapter 3. The Sound of Music: Transnational Soundscapes -- Chapter 4. Expanding the Scope of European Cinema: Akın's Cinematic Imagining of a Diverse Europe in Context -- Conclusion: Intertextual Film-Transnational Film-Transnational Film History -- Filmography/Discography, Bibliography, and Online Sources -- Index -- About the Author
ISBN:0253037891