Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s

Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s
ISBN-10
1611476135
ISBN-13
9781611476132
Category
Exoticism in motion pictures
Pages
221
Language
English
Published
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Author
Colleen Kennedy-Karpat

Description

Empire alone cannot contain the range of the exoticist imaginary in French fiction cinema of the 1930s. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s proposes a critical framework for exoticist cinema that subsumes and exceeds colonial territory, analyzing the recurring figures, common settings, major stars, key plot devices, and narrative outcomes that dominated exoticist cinema at its popular peak.