Book Chapter
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Citation
Ezra E & Rowden T (2009) Postcolonial Transplants: Cinema, Diaspora and the Body Politic. In: Keown M, Murphy D & Procter J (eds.) Comparing Postcolonial Diasporas. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 211-227. http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=280276
Abstract
This essay examines depictions of migrant workers in French and British postcolonial cinema as transplanted interlopers, 'exotic' or transgendered bodies that are perceived as a threat to the integrity of the body politic.
Keywords
postcolonial cinema; migrant workers; French cinema; British cinema; transgender cinema; Foreign workers in motion pictures; Motion pictures France; Motion pictures Great Britain
| Status | Published |
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| Publication date | 31/01/2009 |
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| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
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| Place of publication | Basingstoke |
| ISBN | 9780230547087 |
People (1)
Professor of Cinema and Culture, French