Olivier Barlet

African Cinemas

Decolonizing the Gaze
Übersetzer: Turner, Chris

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 161mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9781856497428
• ISBN-10: 1856497429
• Artikelnr.: 21243400

Autorenporträt

Olivier Barlet is a film critic and chief editor of the monthly magazine "Africultures."

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Part I: Early Days, First Rites
1. Human Beings, Not Ants
2. Decolonizing the Imagination
3. "Proverbs Were Once People": Referring to the Past
4. Closing One's Eyes
5. Prizing Open the Cracked Identity
6. The Open Gaze
Part II: The Roots of Story-Telling
1. Black Humour
2. Men Die but Words Remain: Narrative and the Oral Tradition
3. If Your Song is Not More Beautiful than the Silence, Then be Quiet
4. Speaking Your Own Language
5. Towards a Critique of Necessity
Part III: A Black Perspective?
1. "If you want honey, you've got to take on the bees": The Difficulties of
Film-making
2. The African Public: Diversity Itself
3. Northern Audiences Spinning like a Weathervane
4. "When you have meat to cook, you seek out the one who has a fire": The
Logic of Western Aid
5. Televisual Strategies
Conclusion