ISBN10: 0719072034, ISBN13: 9780719072031, [publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester] Softcover Paperback. This is the first introduction of its kind to an important cross-section of postcolonial African filmmakers from the 1950s to the present. Building on previous critical work in the field, this volume will bring together ideas from a range of disciplines - film studies, African cultural studies, and, in particular, postcolonial studies - in order to combine the in-depth analysis of individual films and bodies of work by individual directors with a sustained interrogation of these films in relation to important theoretical concepts.Structurally, the book is straightforward, though the aim is to incorporate diversity and complexity of approach within the overall simplicity of format. Chapters provide both an overview of the director's output to date, and the necessary background - personal or national, cultural or political - to enable readers to achieve a better understanding of the director's choice of subject matter, aesthetic or formal strategies, or ideological stance. They also offer a particular reading of one or more films, in which the authors aim to situate African cinema in relation to important critical and theoretical debates.This book thus constitutes a new departure in African film studies, recognising the maturity of the field, and the need for complex yet accessible approaches to it, which move beyond the purely descriptive ...

Paperback / softback. New. An excellent introductory volume for those wishing to know more about the hitherto neglected cinema from the African continent, including directors from Egypt, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Cameroon, South Africa -- . ISBN 0719072034 9780719072031 [GB]

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ISBN10: 0719072034, ISBN13: 9780719072031, [publisher: Manchester University Press] Softcover An excellent introductory volume for those wishing to know more about the hitherto neglected cinema from the African continent, including directors from Egypt, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Cameroon, South Africa Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1H; APFB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399. . 2007. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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ISBN10: 0719072034, ISBN13: 9780719072031, [publisher: Manchester University Press] Softcover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780719072031
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