From Library Journal
Home, boundaries, identity, exile?what are they? Do they refer to the body, a community, a country, a time, an artistic expression, a place on the internet? Naficy (film/media studies, Rice Univ.) presents a collection of essays examining these questions both in philosophical terms and in relation to film, music, cyberspace, and life experience. Authors from a variety of backgrounds have contributed insightful pieces ranging in tone from scholarly to personal, from John Durham Peters's examination of the concepts of exile and nomadism to Teshome H. Gabriel's touching reminiscence of a journey home. Of particular resonance is Rosa Linda Fregoso's essay on Texas border culture and its depiction in film. Other essays explore early German emigre filmmakers, the new frontiers of cyberspace, and individual struggles with body and mind. Although the book's focus is occasionally blurred by the broadness of the subject, it can also be argued that this freedom from rigid thematic restrictions has made for a more thought-provoking collection. For scholarly and academic libraries.?Carol J. Binkowski, Bloomfield, NJ
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Global changes in capital, power, technology and the media have caused massive shifts in how we define home and community, leaving redrawn territories and globalized contexts.
This interdisciplinary study of the media brings together essays by accomplished critics to discuss the way film, television, music, and computer and electronic media are shaping identities and cultures in an increasingly globalized world. Ranging from intensely personal to highly theoretical, the contributors explore our complex negotiation of "home" and homeland" in a postmodern world. Contributors: Homi Bhabha, Thomas Elsaesser, Rosa Linda Fregoso, Teshome H. Gabriel, George Lipsitz, Margaret Morse, David Morley, John Peters, Patricia Seed, Ella Shohat, and Vivian Sobchack.
