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Asian American Film Festivals

Frames, Locations, and Performances of Memory

Erin Franziska Högerle

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English
De Gruyter
26 October 2020
Responding to a lack of studies on the film festival’s role in the production of cultural memory, this book explores different parameters through which film festivals shape our reception and memories of films. By focusing on two Asian American film festivals, this book analyzes the frames of memory that festivals create for their films, constructed through and circulated by the various festival media. It further establishes that festival locations—both cities and screening venues—play a significant role in shaping our experience of films. Finally, it shows that festivals produce performances which help guide audiences towards certain readings and direct the film’s role as a memory object. Bringing together film festival studies and memory studies, 'Asian American Film Festivals' offers a mixed-methods approach with which to explore the film festival phenomenon, thus shedding light on the complex dynamics of frames, locations, and performances shaping the festival’s memory practices. It also draws attention to the understudied genre of Asian American film festivals, showing how these festivals actively engage in constructing and performing a minority group’s collective identity and memory.
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Imprint:   De Gruyter
Country of Publication:   Germany
Dimensions:   Height: 230mm,  Width: 155mm, 
Weight:   640g
ISBN:   9783110693546
ISBN 10:   3110693542
Series:   Media and Cultural Memory
Pages:   350
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Erin Högerle, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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