Postnationalist African cinemas /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester ; New York :
Manchester University Press :
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | 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. (Barnes & Noble) |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [240]-255) and index. Filmography: pages 255-258. |
| ISBN: | 0719083362 (pbk.) 9780719083365 (pbk.) 9780719083358 (hard) 0719083354 (hard) |