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African Cinemas: Decolonizing the Gaze - Couverture souple

Barlet, Olivier

 
9781856497435: African Cinemas: Decolonizing the Gaze
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1856497437 ISBN 13 : 9781856497435
Editeur : Zed Books Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

This book is both a personal journey and an introduction to the cinema cultures of Africa. A book about the politics of cultural survival, it is also a major overview of African cinema and television.

The first part of the book traces the development of African cinema - from colonization to Afrocentrism. The author examines this development through a variety of fundamental themes: the decolonization of the imagination; the quest for legendary African origins and the mobilization of African cultural values. The second part of the book analyses specific films, particularly through narrative and in terms of their African specificity - in the use of silence, orality and humour. Finally, the author explores the social and economic contexts of the African cinema and television industry - including its often vexed relations with the West and the problems of production and distribution African film-makers face.

Exploring the achievements and challenges of those who seek to affirm African cultural values through film, the book also covers the African television industry and African-American cinema. It includes interviews with film-makers, stills from the films and, ultimately, a plea for seeing and respecting the otherness of the Other. Winner of the French National Film Centre's best filmbook of 1997 and now available in four languages, this is book which takes us into a process of learning how to look.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

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Éditeur
Zed Books Ltd
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1856497437
ISBN 13 
9781856497435
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
328
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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