by Olle Sjögren (Author)

A comparative study of European cinema that explores the turn from national traditions to transnational cooperation. It reactivates the European peace project with a critical history lesson and new overview of culture bound syndromes, changing gender systems, and ethnic conflict fields.

Author Biography

Olle Sjögren, Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at Gothenburg University. PhD dissertation on American film comics. Published books (in Swedish) about Marxism and cinema, film violence, youth cultures, television entertainment, and Chinese cinemas.