The Enemy in Contemporary Film (Volume 12)

While filmic representations of 'enemies' are legion, film studies have so far neglected the way in which filmic mediations of enemy images have contributed to shaping cultural memories. The present volume investigates the (de)(re)constructions of enemy images in international film since...

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Other Authors: Löschnigg, Martin (Editor), Sokołowska-Paryż, Marzena (Editor)
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Published: De Gruyter 2018
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