Cinematic Echoes of Covenants Past and Present National Identity in the Historical Films of Steven Spielberg and Andrzej Wajda

The author analyzes appropriately selected historical films of Steven Spielberg and Andrzej Wajda with respect to historical memory in relation to film. Cultural and moral foundations of national identity are also taken into account. Spielberg films particularly valuable for this comparative analysi...

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Main Author Garbowski, Christopher (Author)
Other Authors Kocur, Miroslaw (Editor)
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Frankfurt a.M. Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften 2018
Edition1st, New ed.
SeriesInterdisciplinary Studies in Performance 10
Subjects
Spielberg, Steven, > 1946-
Wajda, Andrzej, > 1926-2016
historické filmy
národní identita
filmoví režiséři
historical films
national identity
film directors
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessPlný text

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Table of Contents:
  • Sacred and Moral Sources of National Identity and Historical Memory - Spielberg and Wajda in Their National Cinemas - The Holocaust and the Extension of National Covenant - Historical Self-Scrutiny and Moral Memory - The Glorious Dead and Commemoration - Foundation Myths in a Post-heroic Age

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