Rongo Univesity Library

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-278) and index.

Includes filmography: p. [279]-283.

The cultural context of the Kaurism�akis: Finnish films for Finnish people? -- Developing post-national forms of cinema, 1981-1985. Displaced souls lost in Finland: the Kaurism�aki's films as the cinema of the marginalised -- Between convergence and divergence: the transvergent cinemas of Aki and Mika Kaurism�aki -- life in a capitalist welfare state: marginal hope and dystopian prophecies -- Socio-economic exclusion and the fragmented individual. Aki Kaurism�aki's proletarian trilogy and Hamlet Liikemaailmassa -- Mika Kaurism�aki's "life-politics trilogy" post-nationalism between the welfare state and global capitalism -- The international adventures of the Kaurism�akis. The search for post-national stability: Mika Kaurism�aki's international films, 1987-1990 -- The problems of post-national integration: Aki Kaurism�aki's international films, 1989-1992 -- Transnational travel and the difficulty of "home": projecting the post-national condition for an EU-integrated Finland -- A return to home: Aki Kaurism�aki's Leningrad cowboys meet Moses, Total balalaika show and Pida Huivistasi Kiinni Tatjana -- A farewell to Finland: Mika Kaurism�aki's The last border and Tigrero, the film that was never made -- Conclusion.

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