Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Analyzing art house films from the African continent and the African diaspora, this book showcases a new generation of auteurs with African origins from political, aesthetic, and spectatorship perspectives. Focuses on art house cinema and discusses commercial African cinemaEnlarges our understanding of African film to include thematic and aesthetic influenceHighlights aesthetic and political aspects including racial identity, women’s issues, and diasporaHeavily illustrated with over 90 film stillsFeatures selected stills integral to the filmic analysis in full colorMoves beyond Western-oriented analytical paradigms

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-06-27
Mått168 x 241 x 20 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781405193030

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Anjali Prabhu is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Wellesley College, USA, where she also teaches in the Cinema and Media Studies Program. The author of Hybridity: Limits, Transformations, Prospects (2007), she has published widely in journals such as Cinema Journal, International Journal of French and Francophone Studies, Levinas Studies, Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, Diacitics, Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Literatures, Présence Francophone, and Comparative Literature Studies.

Acknowledgments ix1 Africa Watch: Parameters and Contexts 1Part I Space 332 The Postcolonial City: Education of the Spectator in Harrikrisna Anenden’s The Cathedral 353 Framing the City: Africanizing Viewer and Viewed through Angle, Distance, Genre, and Movement 55Part II Character 774 Models of African Femininity 795 African Masculinity: “We Don’t Need Another Hero” 1136 Revolutionary Personhood: Revolutionize the Spectator, or Stop, Thief! 133Part III Narrative 1557 Documentary Film: Situating a Style 1578 African Narration: Narration of Africa 1729 Jean-Marie Teno: Creating an African Repertoire 18710 Conclusion: Inside/Outside or How to Make a Film about Africa Today 216Filmography 234References 238Glossary 246Index 251