African Cinemas : Decolonizing the Gaze

Barlet, Olivier

Published by Zed Books (2000), London / New York, 2000

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xi,315 pp, 24x15cm, Some light page-edge soil. Contents: The Origin, Akin to a Passage: Human Beings, Not Ants!; Decolonizing Thought; 'Proverbs Were Flesh & Blood': The Reference to the Past; Closing Your Eyes; Opening Up the Cracks in Identity; An Openness of Approach; At the Wellsprings of Narration: Back Humours; 'Men Die But Words Remain': At the Origin of Narration, Orality; 'If Your Song Is No Improvement On Silence, Keep Quiet!"; Speaking Your Own Language; Towards a Criticism Based on the Need to Exist; Black Prospects: 'He Who Wants Honey Has the Courage to Confront the Bees': The Difficulty of Making Films; The African Audience is Anything but Homogenous; A Fickle Audience in the Northern Hemisphere; 'When You've Got Meat to Cook, You go & Find Someone with Fire': The Logics of Western Aid; Television Strategies; Conclusion; Appendix: Where to See Black African Films. Small [1cm] tear to top spine edge. Light page-edge bump. Good. Seller Inventory # 009951

Bibliographic Details

Title: African Cinemas : Decolonizing the Gaze

Publisher: Zed Books (2000), London / New York

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: orig. boards

Illustrator: Textual photo illustrations.