Screening European Heritage

Creating and Consuming History on Film

290 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book provides a unique examination of the way Europe’s past is represented on contemporary screens and what this says about contemporary cultural attitudes to history. How do historical dramas come to TV and cinema screens across Europe? How is this shaped by the policies and practices of cultural institutions, from media funding boards to tourist agencies and heritage sites? Who watches these productions and how are they consumed in cinemas, on TV and online?, are just some of the questions this volume seeks to answer. From The Lives of Others  to Game of Thrones , historical dramas are a particularly visible part of mainstream European film production, often generating major national debates on the role of the past in contemporary national identity construction.

• Reihe: Palgrave European Film and Media Studies
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• ISBN: 9781349706228
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.11.2018
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Herausgegeben von: Paul Cooke, Rob Stone