Beschreibung
Polyglot Cinema brings together a diverse group of scholars from Europe,
Canada and the USA, resulting in a dynamic account of plurilingual migrant
narratives in contemporary films from France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
In addition to the close analysis of key films, the essays cover theories
of translation and language use as well as central paradigms of cultural
studies, especially those of locality, globality and post-colonialism. The
volume marks a transdisciplinary contribution to the question of cultural
representation within film studies.
Verena Berger teaches Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University
of Vienna. Her main research field is Film Studies and she recently
co-published with Mercè Saumell Escenarios compartidos: Cine y teatro en
España en el umbral del siglo XXI (2009).
Miya Komori is a lecturer at the WU Vienna University of Economics and
Business. Her main research interests include semiotics, language and
culture contact in Hispanic studies.
