{"product_id":"contemporary-cinema-of-africa-and-the-diaspora-isbn-9781405193030","title":"Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing art house films from the African continent and the African diaspora, this book showcases a new generation of auteurs with African origins from political, aesthetic, and spectatorship perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on art house cinema and discusses commercial African cinema\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnlarges our understanding of African film to include thematic and aesthetic influence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights aesthetic and political aspects including racial identity, women’s issues, and diaspora\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHeavily illustrated with over 90 film stills\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures selected stills integral to the filmic analysis in full color\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMoves beyond Western-oriented analytical paradigms\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Africa Watch: Parameters and Contexts 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Space 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Postcolonial City: Education of the Spectator in Harrikrisna Anenden’s The Cathedral 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Framing the City: Africanizing Viewer and Viewed through Angle, Distance, Genre, and Movement 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Character 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Models of African Femininity 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 African Masculinity: “We Don’t Need Another Hero” 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Revolutionary Personhood: Revolutionize the Spectator, or Stop, Thief! 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Narrative 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Documentary Film: Situating a Style 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 African Narration: Narration of Africa 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Jean-Marie Teno: Creating an African Repertoire 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Conclusion: Inside\/Outside or How to Make a Film about Africa Today 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilmography 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 251\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAnjali Prabhu\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Wellesley College, USA, where she also teaches in the Cinema and Media Studies Program. The author of \u003ci\u003eHybridity: Limits, Transformations, Prospects\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), she has published widely in journals such as \u003ci\u003eCinema Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of French and Francophone Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLevinas Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of French and Francophone Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiacitics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStudies in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Literatures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrésence Francophone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eComparative Literature Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003cp\u003eFocusing on examples of Africa’s indigenous and diasporic cinema, this volume constellates the subject anew through thematic, transnational and trans-disciplinary perspectives. The author enlarges our understanding of the subject by surveying films that are “African” not simply through their content, their locations, or the nationality of their auteurs, but through the very processes by which they affect and engage their viewers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring art house as well as commercial cinema productions, this student-friendly text identifies and probes the different techniques that create what can be called an “African” filmic experience. Through examples of key movies from across the continent and beyond – Anglophone, Francophone or Lusophone realms – the author theorizes interpretations of African cinema that move beyond the thematic commonalities of modernity and development.  The volume also charts the rise of a new generation of African film makers in light of the recent death of star auteur Sembene Ousmane, and includes commentaries on issues ranging from urbanization to women’s issues and racial identity.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Anjali Prabhu's \u003ci\u003eContemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e goes well beyond what might be expected of a book on the subject. For apart from its comprehensiveness, verve and lucidity, it raises philosophical and ethical questions about spectatorship that will find resonance with all scholars of cinema, wherever they may be found. The book is nothing short of a delightful and thought-provoking masterpiece.\"\u003cbr\u003e Ato Quayson, Center for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Absorbing reading, as theoretically insightful as it is winningly and meticulously argued. I have been greatly enriched by \u003ci\u003eContemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a stellar accomplishment and a significant contribution to African and diaspora film and cultural studies.”\u003cbr\u003e Tejumola Olaniyan, Louise Durham Mead Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988980973797,"sku":"NP9781405193030","price":35.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405193030.jpg?v=1761782300","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/contemporary-cinema-of-africa-and-the-diaspora-isbn-9781405193030","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}