Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora
The unique analysis of art house alongside discussion of commercial films from the African continent and the African diaspora presented here offer a fresh perspective on viewers experiences that highlights aesthetic and political issues.
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 cinema * Enlarges our understanding of African film to include thematic and aesthetic influence * Highlights aesthetic and political aspects including racial identity, women's issues, and diaspora * Heavily illustrated with over 90 film stills * Features selected stills integral to the filmic analysis in full color * Moves beyond Western-oriented analytical paradigms
| Autor: | Prabhu, Anjali |
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| ISBN: | 9781405193047 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Wiley |
| Veröffentlicht: | 27.06.2014 |
| Schlagworte: | African/African-American Studies Afrika-/Afroamerika-Forschung Cultural Studies Film Film Studies Filmforschung Kulturwissenschaften |
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