Iconic turns : nation and religion in Eastern European cinema since 1989
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Iconic turns : nation and religion in Eastern European cinema since 1989
(Central and Eastern Europe : regional perspectives in global context, v. 3)
Brill, 2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
After the epochal turn of 1989 a new wave of movies dealing with the complex entanglement of religious and national identity has emerged in the eastern part of Europe. There has been plenty of evidence for a return of nationalism, while the predicated "return of religion(s)" is envisaged on a larger scale as a global phenomenon. The book suggests that in the wake of the historical turns of 1989, an "iconic turn" has taken place in Eastern Europe - in the form of a renewed cinematic commitment to make sense of the world in religious and/or national terms. "Iconic Turns" combines theoretical articles on the subject with case studies, bringing together researchers from different national backgrounds and disciplines, such as history, literary and film studies.
Contributors include: Eva Binder, Jan Culik, Liliya Berezhnaya, Christian Schmitt, Hans-Joachim Schlegel, Maren Roeger, Miroslaw Przylipiak, Stephen Norris, John-Paul Himka, Maria Falina, and Natascha Drubek.
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Notes on Transliteration
Liliya Berezhnaya and Christian Schmitt
Introduction
Hans-Joachim Schlegel
Religion and Politics in Soviet and Eastern European Cinema: A Historical Survey
I. INSTITUTIONAL POWERS
Steven Norris
Blessed Films: The Russian Orthodox Church and Patriotic Culture in the 2000s
Natascha Drubek
Russian Film Premieres in 2010/11: Sacralizing National History and Nationalizing Religion
Liliya Berezhnaya
Longing for the Empire: State and Orthodox Church in Russian Religious Films
John-Paul Himka
A Cinematic Churchman: Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky in Oles Yanchuk's Vladyka Andrey
II. SACRED AND PROFANE IMAGES
Eva Binder
Rethinking History: Heroes, Saints and Martyrs in Contemporary Russian Cinema
Jan Culik
The Godless Czechs? Cinema, Religion and Czech National Identity
Christian Schmitt
Beyond the Surface, Beneath the Skin: Immanence and Transcendence in Gyoergi Palfi's Films
III. CONFLICT, TRAUMA, AND MEMORY
Maren Roeger
Narrating the Shoah in Poland: Post-1989 Movies about Polish-Jewish Relations in Times of German Extermination Politics
Miroslaw Przylipiak
Memory, National Identity, and the Cross: Polish Documentary Films about the Smolensk Plane Crash
Maria Falina
Religion Visible and Invisible: The Case of Post-Yugoslav Anti-War Films
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"