Edinburgh University Press epub Journeys on Screen: Theory, Ethics, Aesthetics

Rethinks cinematic journeys through history, globalisation, form and genre Honourable Mention - BAFTSS Best Edited Collection Award 2020! Addressing the appeal of the journey narrative from pre-cinema to new media and through documentary, fiction and the spaces between, this collection reveals the journey to be a persistent presence across cinema and in cultural modernity. Drawing on examples from different regions and cultures that traverse art and genre cinema, the book explores the journey as a motif for something wider, a metaphor for self-discovery and social transformation, and evidence of autonomy and progress (or their lack). Illuminating areas of global movement, belonging, diaspora and memory, these essays document epochal changes in human behaviour, from urbanisation, migration and war to tourism and shopping. Contributors Stefano Baschiera, Queen&;s University Belfast Louis Bayman, University of Southampton Carlo Cenciarelli, Cardiff University Maurizio Cinquegrani, University of Kent Clelia Clini, Loughborough University Anna Cooper, University of Arizona Tiago de Luca, University of Warwick Alan Freeman, University of Kent Chris Fujiwara, film critic and programmer Hajnal Király, Eötvös Lóránd University of Budapest Lucy Mazdon, University of Southampton Ewa Mazierska, University of Central Lancashire Eva Näripea, Tallinn University Michael Pigott, University of Warwick Natalia Pinazza, University of Exeter Lázsló Strausz, Eötvös Lóránd University of Budapest Addressing the appeal of the journey narrative from pre-cinema to new media and through documentary, fiction and the spaces between, this collection reveals the journey to be a persistent presence across cinema and in cultural modernity. Drawing on examples from different regions and cultures that traverse art and genre cinema, the book explores the journey as a motif for something wider, a metaphor for self-discovery and social transformation, and evidence of autonomy and progress (or their lack). Illuminating areas of global movement, belonging, diaspora and memory, these essays document epochal changes in human behaviour, from urbanisation, migration and war to tourism and shopping.