War, Revolution and Remembrance in World Cinema - by Nancy J Membrez (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Two World Wars engulfed Europe, Asia and the United States, leaving indelible scars on the landscape and survivors. The trauma of civil wars in Spain (declared) and Latin America (tacit) spanned decades yet, contradictorily, bind parties together even today. Civil wars still haunt Africa where, in more recent years, ethnic cleansing has led to wholesale genocide. Drawing on the emerging field of Memory Studies, this book examines narrative and documentary films, made far from Hollywood, that address memory-both traumatic and nostalgic-surrounding these conflicts, despite attempts by special interests to erase or manipulate history"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Two World Wars engulfed Europe, Asia and the United States, leaving indelible scars on the landscape and survivors. The trauma of civil wars in Spain (declared) and Latin America (tacit) spanned decades yet, contradictorily, bind parties together even today. Civil wars still haunt Africa where, in more recent years, ethnic cleansing has led to wholesale genocide. Drawing on the emerging field of Memory Studies, this book examines narrative and documentary films, made far from Hollywood, that address memory--both traumatic and nostalgic--surrounding these conflicts, despite attempts by special interests to erase or manipulate history.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Nancy J. Membrez</b> is a professor of Spanish literature, culture and the Latin American film, as well as film production, at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She wrote the English subtitles for four Subiela films and produced three featurettes for the Kino Lorber DVD/Blu-ray of <i>Man Facing Southeast</i>. Her <i>Portrait in Sepia Tone</i> won Best Picture and Best Sound Track at the International Filmmakers' Film Festival in Kent, England, in 2008.
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