European Cinema and Television: Cultural Policy and Everyday Life - Palgrave European Film and Media Studies

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: Ib Bondebjerg is Professor of Film, Media and Communication at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He was chairman of the Danish Film Institute (1997-2000) and of The Center For Modern European Studies (2008-11). He has published numerous books and articles on European film and media culture and is on the editorial or advisory board of several international journals. Eva Novrup Redvall is Associate Professor in Film, Media and Communication at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, where she is also Head of the Research Priority Area on Creative Media Industries. She has published widely on film and television production, most recently with her book, Writing and Producing Television Drama in Denmark: From The Kingdom to The Killing (2013). Andrew Higson is Greg Dyke Professor of Film and Television, and Head of the Department of Theatre, Film and Television, at the University of York, UK. He is a specialist in English and British cinema. His books include: Film England (2011), English Heritage, English Cinema (2003) and Waving the Flag: Constructing a National Cinema in Britain (1995)."Table of Contents: List of FiguresList of TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Mediated Cultural Encounters in Europe; Ib Bondebjerg, Eva Novrup Redvall and Andrew HigsonPART I: CULTURE, IDENTITY AND EVERYDAY LIFE1. Narratives of European Identity; Monica Sassatelli2. Film, Everyday Life and European Identity; Michael Meyen3. Sensing National Spaces: Representing Mundane Spaces in English Film and Television; Tim EdensorPART II: FILM AND MEDIA POLICY: BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AND THE TRANSNATIONAL4. The European Audiovisual Space: How European Media Policy has set the Pace of its Development; Carmina Crusafon5. Beyond Borders and Into the Digital Era: Future-proofing European-level Film Support Schemes; Sophie De Vinck and Caroline PauwelsPART III: NATIONAL CINEMAS EUROPEAN CINEMAS6. British Cinema, Europe and the Global Reach For Audiences; Andrew Higson7. The East Meets the West in Contemporary Eastern European Films; Ewa Mazierska8. New Voices, New Stories: Migrant Cinema and Television in Norway; Leif Ove LarsenPART IV: NATIONAL TELEVISION EUROPEAN TELEVISION9. Italian TV Drama: The Multiple Forms of European Influence; Milly Buonanno10. Breaking Borders: The International Success of Danish Television Drama; Ib Bondebjerg and Eva Novrup Redvall11. Small Nation Big Neighbour: Co-Producing Stories in a European Context; Diog O'ConnellIndex "

Contributor Bio:  Bondebjerg, Ib Ib Bondebjerg is professor of film and media studies and director of the Centre for Modern European Studies at the University of Copenhagen. He is the editor of the journal "Northern Lights: Film and Media Studies Yearbook". Contributor Bio:  Higson, Andrew Andrew Higson has taught Film Studies at Leicester and Sunderland Polytechnics. He joined the University of East Anglia in 1986, and was made a Professor of Film Studies in 2000. He was chair of the Film Studies sector at the University from 1991 to 1998, and Dean of the School of English andAmerican Studies from 2002 to 2005. He has published widely on British cinema, on Film Europe, and on national cinema. He is co-director of the British Cinema History Research Project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board, and based at the University of East Anglia.