Civil wars and cinematic narrative : the case of Psychi Vathia (Deep Soul, Pantelis Voulgaris, 2009)

Kosmidou, SE

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a surge of scholarly interest in cinema and cultural memory. To an extent, this scholarship concerns researchers in cultural studies, history, literary studies, and media studies. Alongside this
academic work, there has been an increase in the production of European civil war films that coincides with the wider memory boom internationally. While the relationship between cinema and cultural memory has been the focus of such pioneering studies as Robert Rosenstone (2000), Marc Ferro (1988), Pierre Sorlin (1980), Anton Kaes (1989), Annette Kuhn (2002), and Marcia Landy (2001) among others, European civil war cinematic narratives and the cultural memory they generate have generally been neglected. As this chapter makes clear, however, civil war cinematic narratives offer a rich resource for scholars interested in cultural memory. The examination of the ways in which European civil war films, or European films whose subject matter is European intranational conflicts, engage with the respective difficult past allows scholars to investigate what kind of cultural memory they create. Films are powerful cultural products that can influence and manipulate cultural memory.

Citation

Kosmidou, S. (2018). Civil wars and cinematic narrative : the case of Psychi Vathia (Deep Soul, Pantelis Voulgaris, 2009). In K. Deslandes, F. Mourlon, & B. Tribout (Eds.), Civil War and Narrative : Testimony, Historiography, Memory (129-149). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61179-2_8

• Acceptance Date: Jun 2, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Mar 15, 2018
• Publication Date: Mar 15, 2018
• Deposit Date: Aug 23, 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Pages: 129-149
• Book Title: Civil War and Narrative : Testimony, Historiography, Memory
• ISBN: 9783319611785
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61179-2_8
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61179-2_8
• Related Public URLs: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61179-2