Theorising National Cinema is a major contribution to work on national cinemas, by many of the leading scholars in the field. It addresses the knotty and complex relationship between cinema and national identity, showing that the nationality of a cinema production company, and of the films it made, have not always been seen as pertinent.

Notes on Contributors p. vii
Introduction p. 1
Theories 
History, Textuality, Nation: Kracauer, Burch and Some Problems in the Study of National Cinemas p. 17
The National Revisited p. 29
Reconceptualising National Cinema/s p. 44
Histories 
Italian Cinema and History p. 61
Russia: The Cinema of Anti-modernity and Backward Progress p. 72
National Cinema in Ireland p. 88
British Cinema as National Cinema p. 100
Ozu and the Nation p. 114
The Break-up of the National Body: Cosmetic Multiculturalism and the Films of Miike Takashi p. 129
Taiwan New Cinema, or a Global Nativism? p. 138
From National Cinema to Cinema and the National: Chinese-language Cinema and Hou Hsiao-hsien's 'Taiwan Trilogy' p. 148
'We're in the Money!' A Brief History of Market Power Concentration and Risk Aversion in the American Film Industry from the Edison Trust to the Rise of Transnational Media Conglomerates p. 158
National and Postnational French Cinema p. 172
From Cine-mania to Blockbusters and Trans-cinema: Reflections on Recent South Korean Cinema p. 186
The Hidden Conscience of Estimated Palestine p. 202
Crossroads 
Early Cinema and Modernity in Latin America p. 209
The Quest for/Obsession with the National in Arabic Cinema p. 226
National/International/Transnational: The Concept of Trans-Asian Cinema and the Cultural Politics of Film Criticism p. 254
Not a Biography of the 'Indian Cinema': Historiography and the Question of National Cinema in India p. 262
On the National in African Cinema/s: A Conversation p. 274
Spaces of Identity: Communications Technologies and the Reconfiguration of Europe p. 293
Bibliography p. 304
Index p. 322