Lucia Nagib is Centenary Professor of World Cinemas at the University of Leeds. Her books include Brazil on Screen: Cinema Novo, New Cinema, Utopia (I.B.Tauris, 2007) and World Cinema and the Ethics of Realism (2011). Anne Jerslev is Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen. She is the author of books about David Lynch, cult films, youth and violent cinema, and media and intimacy.

'This well-conceived collection takes up Bazin's call for an impure cinema - Nagib and Jerslev have brought together contributors of both great experience and huge promise. This book allows us a less circumscribed and more joyous access to world cinema.' Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, ARC Professorial Future Fellow in Comparative Film and Cultural Studies, University of New South Wales 'Seizing the controversial implications of the concept of impurity, this book makes a major contribution to debates about how and why the cinema is always implicated in political landscapes.' Jackie Stacey, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Manchester 'Impure Cinema provides a much needed discussion of the relation between cinema and the other arts.' Torben Grodal, Professor of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen

• IllustrationsContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: The History and Politics of ImpurityPart II: Intertextual and Intercultural DialoguesPart III: Literary ImpuritiesPart IV: Border Crossing FilmsPart V: Post Medium Films Index

Lucia Nagib is Centenary Professor of World Cinemas at the University of Leeds. Her books include Brazil on Screen: Cinema Novo, New Cinema, Utopia (I.B.Tauris, 2007) and World Cinema and the Ethics of Realism (2011). Anne Jerslev is Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen. She is the author of books about David Lynch, cult films, youth and violent cinema, and media and intimacy.

'This well-conceived collection takes up Bazin's call for an impure cinema - Nagib and Jerslev have brought together contributors of both great experience and huge promise. This book allows us a less circumscribed and more joyous access to world cinema.' Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, ARC Professorial Future Fellow in Comparative Film and Cultural Studies, University of New South Wales 'Seizing the controversial implications of the concept of impurity, this book makes a major contribution to debates about how and why the cinema is always implicated in political landscapes.' Jackie Stacey, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Manchester 'Impure Cinema provides a much needed discussion of the relation between cinema and the other arts.' Torben Grodal, Professor of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen

• IllustrationsContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: The History and Politics of ImpurityPart II: Intertextual and Intercultural DialoguesPart III: Literary ImpuritiesPart IV: Border Crossing FilmsPart V: Post Medium Films Index

Lucia Nagib is Centenary Professor of World Cinemas at the University of Leeds. Her books include Brazil on Screen: Cinema Novo, New Cinema, Utopia (I.B.Tauris, 2007) and World Cinema and the Ethics of Realism (2011). Anne Jerslev is Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen. She is the author of books about David Lynch, cult films, youth and violent cinema, and media and intimacy.

'This well-conceived collection takes up Bazin's call for an impure cinema - Nagib and Jerslev have brought together contributors of both great experience and huge promise. This book allows us a less circumscribed and more joyous access to world cinema.' Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, ARC Professorial Future Fellow in Comparative Film and Cultural Studies, University of New South Wales 'Seizing the controversial implications of the concept of impurity, this book makes a major contribution to debates about how and why the cinema is always implicated in political landscapes.' Jackie Stacey, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Manchester 'Impure Cinema provides a much needed discussion of the relation between cinema and the other arts.' Torben Grodal, Professor of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen

• IllustrationsContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: The History and Politics of ImpurityPart II: Intertextual and Intercultural DialoguesPart III: Literary ImpuritiesPart IV: Border Crossing FilmsPart V: Post Medium Films Index