Ousmane Sembene and the Politics of Culture

Herausgeber: Vetinde, Lifongo J.; Fofana, Amadou T.

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Produktbeschreibung

Undoubtedly one of Africa’s most influential first generation of writers and filmmakers, Ousmane Sembene's creative works of fiction as well as his films have been the subject of a considerable number of scholarly articles. This bookexamines this figure within the context of his career-long preoccupation with the production of culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 343g
• ISBN-13: 9781498506915
• ISBN-10: 1498506917
• Artikelnr.: 45007090

Autorenporträt

Lifongo Vetinde is an associate professor in the department of French and Francophone studies at Lawrence University. Amadou T. Fofana is an associate professor of French at William University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction: Cultural Politics in Senegal: A Quest for Relevance, by
Lifongo Vetinde
Part One: Culture and Development
Chapter One: Sembene, Senghor and Competing Notions of Culture and
Development at the 1966 Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres de Dakar, by David
Murphy
Chapter Two: Sembène and the Aesthetics of Senghorian Négritude, by Lifongo
Vetinde
Chapter Three: Representations of Islam and the question of Identity in
Ousmane Sembene's Ceddo, by Cherif Correa
Part Two: Discourses
Chapter Four: A Twice-Told Tale: The Post-colonial Allegory of La Noire de
.(1966) and Faat Kine (2000), by Dayna Oscherwitz
Chapter Five: Bringing the Rain Indoors: Rereading the National Allegory in
Ousmane Sembene's Xala, by Mathew H. Brown
Chapter Six: Women in Sembène's Films: Spatial Reconfigurations and
Cultural Meanings, by Moussa Sow
Chapter Seven: Why Does Diouana Die? Facing History, Migration and Trauma
in Black Girl, by Lyell Davis
Part Three: Language and Aesthetics
Chapter Eight: La