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Africa shoots back : alternative perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone African film
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- Creator
- Melissa Thackway
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Bloomington : Indiana University Press ; Oxford : James Currey ; Cape Town : David Philip, 2003
- Physical Details
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- x, 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780253343499, 0253343496, 9780253216427, 0253216427, 9780852555774, 0852555776, 9780852555767, 0852555768
- OCLC
- ocm52520246
- Originally published: Oxford : J. Currey, 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-217), filmography (pages 218-223), and index.
- Development & evolutions -- A brief history of Sub-Saharan Francophone African film -- Critical paradigms -- The problematic legacy of eurocentrism -- Postmodernism or postcoloniality? -- Towards new paradigms -- Cultural identity, representation & voice -- Representing Africa: the western imagination -- Alternative perspectives, or reassessing identity through film -- Screen griots; orature & film -- Living traditions: the cultural context -- The stylistic & structural influences of orature on film -- Memory, history: other stories -- The 'colonial confontation' genre -- Memory-history films: Afrique je te plumerai; Asientos; Allah Tantou; Fad'jal -- Filming the immigrant experience: Francophone African cinema in Europe -- Setting a precedent: Afrique sur seine -- The myth of Europe: illusions & delusions; integration or return? -- Interracial relationships & immigrant communities -- African women & film: on screen and behind camera -- Directing the female gaze: Safi Faye; Anne Laure Folly; Fanta R. Nacro -- 'Womanist' films
- Development & evolutions -- A brief history of Sub-Saharan Francophone African film -- Critical paradigms -- The problematic legacy of eurocentrism -- Postmodernism or postcoloniality? -- Towards new paradigms -- Cultural identity, representation & voice -- Representing Africa: the western imagination -- Alternative perspectives or reassessing identity through film -- Screen griots; orature & film -- Living traditions: the cultural context -- The stylistic & structural influences of orature on film -- Memory, history -- Other stories -- The 'colonial confontation' genre -- Memory-history films: Afrique je te plumerai; Asientos; Allah Tantou; Fadjal -- Filming the immigrant experience -- Francophone African cinema in Europe -- Setting a precedent: Afrique sur seine -- The myth of Europe: illusions & delusions; integration or return? -- Interracial relationships & immigrant communities -- African women & film -- In screen and behind camera -- Directing the female gaze: Safi Faye; Laure Folly; Fanta R. Nacro -- 'Womanist' films