Olivier Barlet

African Cinemas

Decolonizing the Gaze

Buch

The first part of this book traces the development of African cinema, from colonization to Afrocentrism, through themes such as the decolonization of the imagination and the quest for legendary African origins. The second part of the book analyzes specific films, particularly through narrative and in terms of their African specificity. Finally, the author explores the social and economic contexts of the African cinema and television industry. Winner of the French National Film Center's best film book of and now available in four languages, this is book which takes us into a process of learning how to look.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-85649-743-5
EAN: 9781856497435
Produktnummer: 1362510
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Seitenangabe: 328 S.
Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.6 cm 520 g
Gewicht: 520
Sonstiges: Undergraduate

Über den Autor

Olivier Barlet is film critic and chief editor of the monthly magazine Africultures (L Harmattan, Paris). He has translated many books about Africa and by African authors.