INTRODUCTION Mette Hjort and Duncan Petrie Singapore See Kam Tan and Jeremy Fernando Introduction Mette Hjort and Duncan Petrie PART ONE: EUROPE 1. © in this edition Edinburgh University Press, 2007 © in the individual contributions is retained by the authors Edinburgh University Press Ltd 22 George Square, Edinburgh Typeset in 10/12.5 Adobe Sabon by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Manchester, and printed and bound in Great Britain by Cromwell Press, Trowbridge, Wilts A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 2536 9 (hardback) ISBN 2537 6 (paperback) The right of the contributors to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. After reading this book, it is impossible to speak of world cinema, national cultures, or globalization in easy platitudes.’ Professor Faye Ginsburg, New York University
How do films get produced and, under the sign of various national cultures, attached to states that are on the small side, geographically, demographically, and politically? How do these works then circulate on local turf and across the globe? These questions are addressed via rich and theoretically informed case studies from leading scholars in each area. The Cinema of Small Nations offers us a rich overview of what this very important but underappreciated phenomenon might mean. ‘A fabulous read – finding out about these cinemas was almost like reading detective fiction – unveiling, as the book does, the enigmatic nature of small nations’ cinemas and giving the reader insights and knowledges heretofore squirreled away.’ Professor Susan Hayward, University of Exeter ‘It’s astonishing that we have had to wait until now to get our hands on this timely, informative, and lively volume.
THE CINEMA OF SMALL NATIONS EDITED BY METTE HJORT & DUNCAN PETRIE
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