The standard analytical category of "national cinema" has increasingly been called into question by the category of the "transnational." This anthology will examine the premises and consequences of the coexistence of these two categories and the parameters of historiographical approaches that cross the borders of nation states. The three sections of the book will cover the geopolitical imaginary, transnational cinematic institutions, and the uneven flow of words and images. Contributors represent a broad array of nationalities and include many of the leading scholars in the field.

Section 1: The Geopolitical Imaginary of Cinema Studies [essays, 20-25 pages] Kathleen Newman International Film History, Transnational Film Theory Toby Miller Global Hollywood: A New International Division of Cultural Labor, from Production to Viewing Bhaskar Sarkar The Outposts of Globalization Douglas Gomery Hollywood's Trade Association: the Motion Picture Association of America Dudley Andrew Roiling Waves, Stagnant Seas: Awash in World Cinema Mette Hjort A Model for Meaningful Experimental Transnationalism: Remarks on Individual Agency, Gift Culture, and Counter-globalization Ismail Xavier Intertextuality in Our Times Section 2: The Uneven Flow of Words and Images [essays, 20-25 pages] Natasa Durovicova On the Uneven Flow of Words and Images: Cinematic Translatio as Cognitive Mapping Marvin D'Lugo Aural Identity, Genealogies of Sound Technologies, and Hispanic Transnationality on Screen João Luiz Vieira The Transnational Other: Street Kids in Contemporary Cinema Hamid Naficy Interstitial/Transnational Production Mode and Iranian National Cinema Paul Willemen Fantasy in Action Yingjin Zhang Rethinking Chinese Cinemas from a Transnational Perspective Fredric Jameson Globalization, Representation and Hybridization Section 3: Key Concepts, Current Debates [essays, 5-7 pages] Miriam Hansen Modernism on a Global Scale: Cinema as a Vernacular Practice William van der Heide 'So Many Cinemas': Writing Masala Film Histories Olivier Barlet New Paradoxes of Africa's Cinemas Michael Raine 'National Films' and 'Films Without Nationality': Vernacularization as Cultural Specificity in Japanese Cinema Philip Rosen Nation, Inter-Nation, Anti-Nation Frances Gateward Hurray for Hallyuwood: Korean Film and Transnational Youth Cultures Jonathan Rosenbaum From Playtime to The World: The Expansion and Depletion of Space Within Global Economies