Abstract
This essay constitutes a general introduction to the volume Mediations of Disruption in Post-Conflict Film. More than just describing each contribution, the essay discusses the problems, the different approaches and discursive practices involved in the debates on (post-)conflict situations, and their representation in cinema, pondering its possibilities and limits. By providing insights on modes of representation, the chapter addresses and discusses a politics of conflict representation and an ensuing cinematic poetics of conflict, articulating different critical positionings in a dialogue that highlights a prismatic and complementary understanding of the topic.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Mediations of disruption in post-conflict cinema |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781137575203 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781137575197 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |