Mazierska, Ewa; Rascaroli, Laura

Crossing New Europe

Acknowledgements vii Introduction 1(12) SECTION ONE Authors on the Road Between Helsinki, Memphis and `No Director's Land': Aki Kaurismaki's Road Cinema 13(20) The Road to Authenticity and Stability: Holidays, Relocation and Movement in the Films of Eric Rohmer 33(24) Patrick Keiller's Journeys to the Real and Imaginary England 57(22) Out of Europe: Werner Herzog -- the Cinema as Journey 79(32) SECTION TWO Geographies Postmodern Nomadism: Enforced Rootlessness and Oppositional Motion 111(26) East Meets West: The Post-communist Diaspora 137(24) When Women Hit the Road: Images of Female Mobility in Postmodern Europe 161(39) Travelling to the Margins of Europe 200(25) Notes 225(5) Bibliography 230(9) Index 239