Cinemas, Identities and Beyond

'Cinemas, Identities and Beyond' examines different modes of representing and constructing identities in and through the medium of film, transcending the narrow confines of the local/national/regional, and challenging spatial and temporal boundaries. It gathers fifteen essays that explore different dimensions of identities in contexts ranging from domestic spheres, urban milieus, socio-political environments, diasporic filmmaking issues, anthropology, film festivals, psychoanalysis, to the examination of stardom in society. Engaging with cinematic representations, narrative conventions, film form, industry concerns, and other sociocultural-economic-political factors relating to the production, distribution, exhibition and consumption of film, 'Cinemas, Identities and Beyond' contributes to one of the most thought-provoking contemporary debates on cinemas and identities in film studies. Revisiting films such as 'Farewell My Concubine', 'The Matrix' trilogy, 'The Straight Story', 'El Topo', and 'Days of Being Wild', this anthology establishes a framework that actively queries stabilised, ideological paradigms. The book discovers new frontiers and discourses to help better understand ourselves and our surroundings when another decade of the new millennium is about to begin. 'Cinemas, Identities and Beyond' proves to be of value to a broad range of scholars, critics and students who are interested in issues pertaining to identities, and their construction in and beyond film.