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Project

Film, media and nation-building in Flanders.

This research project aims at investigating the relation between media and nation-building in Flanders. The project consists of two parts. First, the project focuses on film and nation-building in Flanders from 1945 until today. Through quantitative and qualitative textual film analyses, the project critically examines the cinematic representation of Flanders and Flemish identities. Second, the project places these findings in their broader media and cultural context. This is done by editing an interdisciplinary volume on media and nation-building in Flanders from the 19th century until today. In this second part, the project offers an original synthesis of the existing research on media and nation-building in Flanders and formulates a research agenda for the future.BOF Small Research Grant.
Date:1 Apr 2019 →  30 Mar 2020
Keywords:MEDIA STUDIES, FLANDERS, FILM STUDIES, NATION BUILDING
Disciplines:Cultural media, National history, Fiction film