Table of Contents

Illustrations Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The History and Politics of Impurity Part II: Intertextual and Intercultural Dialogues Part III: Literary Impurities Part IV: Border Crossing Films Part V: Post Medium Films Index

Promotional Information

Andre Bazin's famous article, 'Pour un cinema impur: defense de l'adaptation', was first translated into English simply as 'In Defence of Mixed Cinema', probably to avoid any uncomfortable sexual or racial resonances the word 'impure' might have.

About the Author

Lucia Nagib is Professor of Film at the University of Reading. Her books include Brazil on Screen: Cinema Novo, New Cinema, Utopia (I.B.Tauris, 2007) and World Cinema and the Ethics of Realism (2011). Her books as editor include The New Brazilian Cinema (I.B.Tauris, 2003), Realism and the Audiovisual Media (with Cecilia Mello, 2009), and Theorizing World Cinema (with Chris Perriam and Rajinder Dudrah, I.B.Tauris, 2011). She is series editor of Tauris's World Cinema Series. Anne Jerslev is Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen. She is the author of books about David Lynch, cult films, youth and violent cinema, and media and intimacy. She is the editor of Realism and 'Reality' in Film and Media (2002) and, with Rune Gade, Performative Realism (2004).

Reviews

'This well-conceived collection takes up Bazin's call for an impure cinema - Nagib and Jerslev have brought together contributors of both great experience and huge promise. This book allows us a less circumscribed and more joyous access to world cinema.' Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, ARC Professorial Future Fellow in Comparative Film and Cultural Studies, University of New South Wales 'Seizing the controversial implications of the concept of impurity, this book makes a major contribution to debates about how and why the cinema is always implicated in political landscapes.' Jackie Stacey, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Manchester 'Impure Cinema provides a much needed discussion of the relation between cinema and the other arts.' Torben Grodal, Professor of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen