Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora
Author： Anjali Prabhu
Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication year： 2014
E-ISBN: 9781118588680
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781405193030
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781405193047
Subject： J9 Movies, TV
Language： ENG
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Description
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
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