This volume brings together renowned scholars and early career-researchers in mapping the ways
in which European cinema -whether arthouse or mainstream fictional or documentary working
with traditional or new media- engages with phenomena of precarity poverty and social
exclusion. It compares how the filmic traditions of different countries reflect the
socioeconomic conditions associated with precarity and illuminates similarities in the
iconography of precarious lives across cultures. While some of the contributions deal with the
representations of marginalized minorities others focus on work-related precarity or the
depictions of downward mobility. Among other topics the volume looks at how films grapple with
gender inequality intersectional struggle discriminatory housing policies and the specific
problems of precarious youth. With its comparative approach to filmic representations of
European precarity this volume makes a major contribution to scholarship on precarity and the
representation of social class in contemporary visual culture. Watch our book talk with the
editors Elisa Cuter Guido Kirsten and Hanna Prenzel here: https: youtu.be lKpD1NFAx2o
