African Cinemas

副标题: Decolonizing the Gaze

ISBN: 9781856497435

出版社: Zed Books

出版年: 2001-02-03

页数: 320

定价: USD 38.00

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

The first part of this book traces the development of African cinema, from colonization to Afrocentrism, through themes such as the decolonization of the imagination and the quest for legendary African origins. The second part of the book analyzes specific films, particularly through narrative and in terms of their African specificity. Finally, the author explores the social and economic contexts of the African cinema and television industry. Winner of the French National Film Center's best film book of and now available in four languages, this is book which takes us into a process of learning how to look.