1st Edition
Film, Religion and Activist Citizens An ontology of transformative acts
Introduction: Acts, Film, Religion: Context and Perspectives
1 Constituting a Figure of an Activist Citizen
2 I Act – Therefore I Am
3 I Create Therefore I Am: Towards The Cinema of Act
4 Constructing Activism Through Film: Creation of New Scene
5 Creation of Space – Unbroken Links Between the Citizens: Ana Arabia
6 Acts of Citizenship And The Foreign "Other": Circles
7 Enacting (European) Citizenship Through Film: Inferno
8 Creating A Rupture: Wadjda
9 Conclusion: Creative Acts, Transformation and Activist Citizens
Biography
Milja Radovic is an academic working in the interdisciplinary field of religion, media and citizenship studies. Her academic studies traverse several fields, including citizenship, nationalism, conflict, peacebuilding and visual arts, gender studies, transnational cinema and ideology. Alongside her academic work she is actively engaged with the public sector, being an active member of Interfilm and serving as a juror at several International film festivals.
‘This book opens a new archive in which to investigate how creative and transformative acts of citizenship are performed. Through rich interpretations of carefully selected films Radovic constitutes filmmakers as activist citizens and the film as a site of activism. It is a genuine pleasure ‘seeing’ these films in a whole new way where scenes of making rights claims come alive. It is a splendid performance itself.’
Engin Isin, Professor in International Politics, Queen Mary University of London and University of London Institute in Paris
‘The book is intellectually lively, well grounded in theory, and balanced with approachable and methodologically sound case studies.’
Diana Murtaugh Coleman in Reading Religion
