The popular cinema of Europe has been surprisingly little studied either as art or social document. 'Popular European Cinema' seeks to fill this gap while illuminating two compelling contemporary issues: the nature of the 'popular' and the new Europe.

Richard Dyer, Ginette Vincendeau,

Contributors: Dudley Andrew, Jose Arroyo, Christian Bosseno, Francois de la Breteque, Thomas Elsaesser, Maria Enzensberger, Michele Lagny, Sue Harper, Jean-Pierre Jeancolas, Carol Jenks, Malgorzata Hendrykowska, Veijo Hietala, Anne Marit Myrstad, Victor Perkins, Heide Schlupmann, Anita Skwara, Tytti Soila, Christopher Wagstaff