[Commlist] new book: Polish Migrants in European Film (1918-2017)

New publication from Palgrave Macmillan (Palgrave European Film and 
Media Studies)

Polish Migrants in European Film (1918-2017)

Kris Van Heuckelom

This study explores the representation of international migration on 
screen and how it has gained prominence and salience in European 
filmmaking over the past 100 years. Using Polish migration as a key 
example due to its long-standing cultural resonance across the 
continent, this book moves beyond a director-oriented approach and 
beyond the dominant focus on postcolonial migrant cinemas. It succeeds 
in being both transnational and longitudinal by including a diverse 
corpus of more than 150 films from some twenty different countries, of 
which Roman Polański's "The Tenant", Jean-Luc Godard's "Passion" and 
Krzysztof Kieślowski's "Trois couleurs: Blanc" are the best-known 
examples. Engaging with contemporary debates on modernisation and 
Europeanisation, the author proposes the notion of "close Otherness" to 
delineate the liminal position of fictional characters with a Polish 
background. Polish Migrants in European Film 1918-2017 takes the reader 
through a wide range of genres, from interwar musicals to Cold War 
defection films; from communist-era exile right up to the contemporary 
moment. It is suitable for scholars interested in European or Slavic 
studies, as well as anyone who is interested in topics such as identity 
construction, ethnic representation, East-West cultural exchanges and 
transnationalism.

https://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9783030042172

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