In the first book-length study of this topic, D.W. McKiernan examines the way mainstream commercial cinema represents society's complex relationship with the idea and practice of community in the context of rapidly changing social conditions. Films examined include Ae Fond Kiss, The Idiots and Monsoon Wedding.

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'This elegantly argued, insightful book looks at the manner in which the commercial cinema presents modern audiences with images of community as ideals to be either embraced or questioned.'

- W. W. Dixon, American Library Association

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D.W. MCKIERNAN is an Honorary Research Fellow at Leeds Trinity and All Saints, University of Leeds, UK, and prior to his retirement was Principal Lecturer and Head of the Department of Cultural and Communication Studies. He was also a founding member of the Centre for Cultural Studies at Leeds University, now the AHRC Centre for Cultural Analysis, Theory & History at the University of Leeds, UK.

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Book Title: Cinema and Community
Authors: D. W. McKiernan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582804
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-51761-5Published: 21 May 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-35523-5Published: 01 January 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-58280-4Published: 21 May 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 226
Topics: Media Studies, Film History, Screen Studies, Cultural Studies, Sociology, general, Industries

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