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African Cinema: Politics and Culture
Manthia Diawara
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Description for African Cinema: Politics and Culture
Paperback. Provides an account of the history and status of African cinema. Drawing on history, political science, economics, and cultural studies, this book discusses such issues as film production and distribution, and film aesthetics from the colonial period to the modern day. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1H; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 500.
"Manthia Diawara is quite simply the best critic (in any language) currently writing on African cinema." -Robert Stam "Diawara has produced a useful history, a cogent analysis, and, in his arguments on how African cinema should develop, an undoubtedly controversial book." -Studies in Popular Culture "This is a good, solid and reliable history of filmmaking on the African continent, beginning with colonial production and moving on to independent filmmaking...an important and welcome reference source." -Classic Images "Diawara's work is comprehensive, based on rigorous research and sound analyses...it aptly illustrates the intricate correlations between politics, economics and culture." ... Read more
"Manthia Diawara is quite simply the best critic (in any language) currently writing on African cinema." -Robert Stam "Diawara has produced a useful history, a cogent analysis, and, in his arguments on how African cinema should develop, an undoubtedly controversial book." -Studies in Popular Culture "This is a good, solid and reliable history of filmmaking on the African continent, beginning with colonial production and moving on to independent filmmaking...an important and welcome reference source." -Classic Images "Diawara's work is comprehensive, based on rigorous research and sound analyses...it aptly illustrates the intricate correlations between politics, economics and culture." ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Series
Blacks in the Diaspora
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253207074
SKU
V9780253207074
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About Manthia Diawara
MANTHIA DIAWARA is Professor of English and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Black Literature and Culture at the University of Pennsylvania.
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