Transnational cinema: The Film Reader

Transnational Cinema: The Film Reader is an anthology of papers on transnational cinema published by Elizabeth Ezra and Terry Rowden in 2006. The book provides an overview of key concepts and debates in the rapidly developing field of transnational film studies.

Some key themes discussed in the anthology include:

The cultural repercussions of the shift from multiple national cinemas to a diverse transnational cinema

The movement of Hollywood into the era of the multiplex

Multicultural and diasporic interventions in cinema

The ethics and aesthetics of Hollywood mise-en-scène

The book draws on much-discussed worldwide naturalization of Hollywood and its impact on national cinemas in different countries. It also explores how the integration of digital technology has caused the rapid disappearance of permeable national media borders.

Transnational cinema is characterized by awareness, diversity, and a speed capable of linking people across nations in minimum possible time. It affects the global economy and the cinematic literacy of its audiences, becoming a source of anxiety worldwide.

The editors, Elizabeth Ezra and Terry Rowden, are both academics in the field of film studies. Ezra teaches in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Stirling and is the author of The Colonial Unconscious. The anthology is published by Routledge and available in hardcover format