Gender, Nationalism, and War - Conflict on the Movie Screen

Informationen zum Autor Matthew Evangelista is President White Professor of History and Political Science and former chair of the Department of Government at Cornell University. Klappentext A unique exploration of the relationship between gender and nationalist conflict using the lens of cinema. Zusammenfassung In an age of female suicide bombers! comfortable assumptions about the peaceful nature of women have become questionable. This book explores the relationship between gender and nationalist violence by examining feature films from zones of conflict around the world! including the 1966 classic! The Battle of Algiers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Virginia Woolf's purse; 2. Algeria: a world constructed out of ruins; 3. Yugoslavia: archetype or anomaly?; 4. Chechnya: virgins, mothers, and terrorists; 5. Québec: oui, no, or femme; 6. 'To live to see better times': gender, nationalism, sovereignty, equality.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Evangelista, Matthew (Cornell University Evangelista
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.02.2011
• EAN: 9781107001947
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00194-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Military / General, Nationalism, Films, cinema, Warfare & defence, Gender studies, gender groups, Warfare and defence, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements