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This book offers a fresh analysis of
Before Sunrise that reframes its romance within the contexts of transnational culture and cinema. The book highlights the symbolic value of the film's construction of transnational youth in the building of a trans-European culture.
List of contents
Introduction 1. Youth Cultures in the 1990s 2. Indie, Comic and Transnational: The Production of
Before Sunset in Context 3. Falling in Love with Linklater: Genre, Realism, Quotation and Young Love 4. Crossing the Ocean: From Regional to Transnational 5. Europe 95 6. Comedy and (Lost) Youth
About the author
María del Mar Azcona teaches Film Studies and English at the University of Zaragoza. Her research is about comedy, mobilities, cosmopolitanism and star studies. She is the author of
The Multi-Protagonist Film (2010) and co-author, with Celestino Deleyto, of
Alejandro González Iñárritu (2010).
Celestino Deleyto is Professor of Film Studies and English at the University of Zaragoza. His research fields include comedy, transnational cinema, cosmopolitan and border theory and film and social space. He is the author of
The Secret Life of Romantic Comedy (2009),
From Tinseltown to Bordertown: Los Angeles on Film (2016) and co-author, with María del Mar Azcona, of
Alejandro González Iñárritu (2010).
Summary
This book offers a fresh analysis of Before Sunrise that reframes its romance within the contexts of transnational culture and cinema. The book highlights the symbolic value of the film’s construction of transnational youth in the building of a trans-European culture.
