Dear ListServ Administrator: Please post this to Screen-L. Also, please let me know if you'd like to review the book for your listserv. Thanks! Best wishes, Stacy Zellmann Direct Response and Scholarly Promotions Manager University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 612-627-1934 http://www.upress.umn.edu Investigates the relationship between globalization and the New Danish Cinema. SMALL NATION, GLOBAL CINEMA: The New Danish Cinema Mette Hjort University of Minnesota Press | 330 pages | 2005 ISBN 0-8166-4648-1 | hardcover | $68.95 ISBN 0-8166-4649-X | paperback | $22.95 Public Worlds Series, volume 15 Small Nation, Global Cinema offers two strategies underwriting the transformation and globalization of contemporary Danish cinema‹the processes of cultural circulation and the psychological efficacy of heritage. Focusing her study on the cultural context of the international film market, Mette Hjort argues that the New Danish Cinema presents an opportunity to understand globalization within the culture and economy of a small nation. ³With this lucid, thrilling study of Denmark's highly successful 'cinematic turn,' Mette Hjort brings aesthetic and policy analysis together to show how the New Danish Cinema meets the challenges of globalization in innovative and hopeful ways.² ‹Meaghan Morris ³A well-informed account of how the New Danish Cinema came through with bursting talents and completely fresh ideas that broke with stereotypes and inspired filmmakers around the world.² ‹Jørgen Leth For more information, visit the book¹s webpage: http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/H/hjort_small.html For more information on the Public Worlds Series: http://www.upress.umn.edu/byseries/publicworlds.html Sign up to receive news on the latest releases from University of Minnesota Press: http://www.upress.umn.edu/eform.html ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu