Anjali Prabhu

Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora

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Produktbeschreibung

The unique analysis of art house alongside discussion of commercialfilms from the African continent and the African diaspora presentedhere offer a fresh perspective on viewers' experiences thathighlights aesthetic and political issues.

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Analyzing art house films from the African continent and theAfrican diaspora, this book showcases a new generation of auteurswith African origins from political, aesthetic, and spectatorshipperspectives.

Focuses on art house cinema and discusses commercial Africancinema
Enlarges our understanding of African film to include thematicand aesthetic influence
Highlights aesthetic and political aspects including racialidentity, women's issues, and diaspora
Heavily illustrated with over 90 film stills
Features selected stills integral to the filmic analysis infull color
Moves beyond Western-oriented analytical paradigms

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 180mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781405193047
• ISBN-10: 1405193042
• Artikelnr.: 39381126

Autorenporträt

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, Diacritics, Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Literatures, Présence Francophone, and Comparative Literature Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix 1 AfricaWatch: Parameters and Contexts 1 Part I Space 33
2 The Postcolonial City: Education of the Spectator in Harrikrisna
Anenden's The Cathedral 35 3 Framing the City: Africanizing Viewer and
Viewed through Angle, Distance, Genre, and Movement 55 Part II Character 77
4 Models of African Femininity 79 5 African Masculinity: "We Don't Need
Another Hero" 113 6 Revolutionary Personhood: Revolutionize the Spectator,
or Stop,Thief! 133 Part III Narrative 155 7 Documentary Film: Situating a
Style 157 8 African Narration: Narration of Africa 172 9 Jean-Marie Teno:
Creating an African Repertoire 187 10 Conclusion: Inside/Outside or How to
Make a Film about Africa Today 216 Filmography 234 References 238 Glossary
246 Index 251