1st Edition
Albanian Cinema through the Fall of Communism Silver Screens and Red Flags
By Bruce Williams
Copyright 2023
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
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Albanian cinema truly represents a terra incognita for most of the world. Decidedly Europe’s most isolated country during the Cold War era, communist Albania had already been cut off from the West for centuries as a one of the western-most outposts of the Ottoman empire. Nonetheless, and unknown to most of the world, communist Albania had a vibrant cinema tradition. Although bound by official... Read more
Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Chapter I: The Roots of Cinema in Albania: The Ottoman Period, Independence, and the Fascist Occupation, Chapter II: The Birth and Development of a Socialist Cinema in Albania, Chapter III: The Flourishing of Kinostudio, Chapter IV: A Cinema in Isolation, Chapter V: Kinostudio in the Post-Hoxha Era, Works Cited, Some Words in Conclusion—Towards a Cinema of Postcommunism, Works Cited, Filmography, Index
Biography
Bruce Williams is a professor of cultural studies at the William Paterson University of New Jersey. A specialist in film theory and history, his areas of research focus range from issues of national identity in the cinema to films of ethnic minority expression. He is co-author, with Keumsil Kim-Yoon of Two Lenses on the Korean Ethos: Key Cultural Concepts and Their Appearance in Cinema (2015). Williams has published extensively on Hispanic film and on the ‘other cinema’ of Europe. His current research foregrounds Albanian cinema in the transnational era.
