A Companion to the Historical Film

Copyright © 2013 John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

A Companion to the Historical Film

Editor(s): Robert A. Rosenstone, Constantin Parvulescu

Published Online: 19 FEB 2013 09:56AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781444337242

Online ISBN: 9781118322673

DOI: 10.1002/9781118322673

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Broad in scope, this interdisciplinary collection of original scholarship on historical film features essays that explore the many facets of this expanding field and provide a platform for promising avenues of research.

  • Offers a unique collection of cutting edge research that questions the intention behind and influence of historical film
  • Essays range in scope from inclusive broad-ranging subjects such as political contexts, to focused assessments of individual films and auteurs
  • Prefaced with an introductory survey of the field by its two distinguished editors
  • Features interdisciplinary contributions from scholars in the fields of History, Film Studies, Anthropology, and Cultural and Literary Studies

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xiii)

    1. Introduction (pages 1–8)

      Robert A. Rosenstone and Constantin Parvulescu

  3. Part 1: History and the Medium of Film

    1. Chapter 1

      Politics and the Historical Film (pages 9–29)

      Alison Landsberg

    2. Chapter 2

      History as Palimpsest (pages 30–52)

      Maria Pramaggiore

    3. Chapter 3

      Flagging up History (pages 53–70)

      Debra Ramsay

    4. Chapter 4

      The History Film as a Mode of Historical Thought (pages 71–87)

      Robert A. Rosenstone

  4. Part 2: Filmmakers as Historians

    1. Chapter 5

      Julia's Resistant History (pages 89–109)

      J. E. Smyth

    2. Chapter 6

      Mark Donskoi's Gorky Trilogy and the Stalinist Biopic (pages 110–132)

      Denise J. Youngblood

    3. Chapter 7

      The Subjects of History (pages 133–153)

      Marcia Landy

    4. Chapter 8

      Andrzej Wajda as Historian (pages 154–175)

      Piotr Witek

  5. Part 3: Telling Lives - The Biopic

    1. Chapter 9

      Oliver Stone's Nixon (pages 177–198)

      Willem Hesling

    2. Chapter 10

      Authorial Histories (pages 199–218)

      Hila Shachar

    3. Chapter 11

      The Biopic in Hindi Cinema (pages 219–232)

      Rachel Dwyer

    4. Chapter 12

      The Lives and Times of the Biopic (pages 233–254)

      Dennis Bingham

  6. Part 4: Cinema and the Nation

    1. Chapter 13

      Gang Wars (pages 255–282)

      Paula Rabinowitz

    2. Chapter 14

      State Terrorism on Film (pages 283–300)

      Mario Ranalletti

    3. Chapter 15

      Fossil Frontiers (pages 301–327)

      Georgiana Banita

    4. Chapter 16

      Sounding the Depths of History (pages 328–346)

      Roger Hillman

  7. Part 5: Wars and Revolutions

    1. Chapter 17

      Generational Memory and Affect in Letters from Iwo Jima (pages 347–364)

      Robert Burgoyne

    2. Chapter 18

      Post-Heroic Revolution (pages 365–383)

      Constantin Parvulescu

    3. Chapter 19

      In Country (pages 384–403)

      Guy Westwell

  8. Part 6: Premodern Times

    1. Chapter 20

      Heart and Clock (pages 405–424)

      Bettina Bildhauer

    2. Chapter 21

      The Anti-Samurai Film (pages 425–442)

      Thomas Keirstead

  9. Part 7: Slavery and the Postcolonial World

    1. Chapter 22

      The Politics of Cine-Memory (pages 443–467)

      Michael T. Martin and David C. Wall

    2. Chapter 23

      The African Past on Screen (pages 468–489)

      Vivian Bickford-Smith

    3. Chapter 24

      Colonial Legacies in Contemporary French Cinema (pages 490–512)

      Catherine Portuges

    4. Chapter 25

      “What's Love Got to Do with It?” (pages 513–539)

      Louis Kirk McAuley

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      Index (pages 540–575)

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