Postnationalist African Cinemas
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0719083362
ISBN-13
9780719083365
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 1st, 2011
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
376 grams
Dimensions
21.50 x 13.90 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Film theory & criticismFilm history, theory or criticism
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This book examines the benefits and limits of cultural nationalism, and describes the preliminary steps taken by contemporary filmmakers in order to establish a new popular African cinema. -- .
Postnationalist African cinemas convincingly interrogates the ways in which African narratives locate postcolonial identities and forms beyond essentially nationalist frameworks. It investigates how the emergence of new genres, discourses and representations, all unrelated to an overtly nationalist project, influences the formal choices made by contemporary directors. By foregrounding the narrative, generic, discursive, representational and aesthetic structures of films, this book shows how directors are beginning to regard film as a popular form of entertainment rather than political praxis. Tcheuyap investigates filmic genres such as comedy, dance, crime and epic alongside cultural aspects including witchcraft, sexuality, pornography and oracles. -- .
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