Postnationalist African Cinemas
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2011
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780719083365
- Publish Date
- Apr 2011
- List Price
- $27.50
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780719083358
- Publish Date
- Apr 2011
- List Price
- $88.00
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Description
Postnationalist African cinemas convincingly interrogates the ways in which African narratives locate postcolonial identities and forms beyond essentially nationalist frameworks. It investigates how the emergence of new genres, discourses and representations, all unrelated to an overtly nationalist project, influences the formal choices made by contemporary directors. By foregrounding the narrative, generic, discursive, representational and aesthetic structures of films, this book shows how directors are beginning to regard film as a popular form of entertainment rather than political praxis.
Tcheuyap investigates filmic genres such as comedy, dance, crime and epic alongside cultural aspects including witchcraft, sexuality, pornography and oracles.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Alexie Tcheuyap is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Toronto.