سینمای آفریقا: خوانش‌های پساکولونیالیستی و فمینیستی

This collection of essays deals directly and compellingly with contemporary issues in African cinema. In particular, they address key aspects of post-colonialism and feminism - the two major topics of interest in current criticism of African films - but coverage is also given to spectatorship, national identity, ethnography, patriarchy, and the creation of key film industries in developing countries. These Essays Speak To Contemporary Issues In African Cinema. They Address Key Aspects Of Post-colonialism And Feminism - The Two Major Topics Of Interest In Current Criticism. Issues Of Spectatorship, National Identity, Ethnography, Patriarchy, Women's Roles, And The Creation Of Key Film Industries-issues That Animate The Discussion Of Film Today Are Central To This Volume. Pt.1. Theorizing African Cinema: Postcolonial Perspectives. The Theoretical Construction Of African Cinema / Stephen Zacks -- African Filmmaking And The Postcolonial Predicament: Quartier Mozart And Aristotle's Plot / Jonathan Haynes -- Towards A Theory Of Orality In African Cinema / Keyan Tomaselli, Arnold Shepperson, And Maureen Eke -- Pt.2. Studies In Postcolonial Films. A Problematic Sign Of African Difference In Trinh T. Minh-ha's Reassemblage / Stephen A. Zacks -- Look Homeward, Angel, Maroons And Mulattos In Haile Gerima's Snakofa / Sylvie Kande -- The Missing Narrative In Wend Kuuni (time And Space) / Marie-magdaleine Chirol -- Yeelen: A Political Fable Of The Komo Blacksmiths/sorcerers / Suzanne H. Macrae -- (cont.) Pt.3. The Question Of National Cinemas. Nigerian Cinema: Structural Adjustments / Jonathan Haynes -- Portuguese African Cinema: Historical And Contemporary Perspectives, 1969-1993 / Claire Andrade-watkins -- A Window On Whose Reality? The Emerging Industry Of Senegalese Cinema / Elizabeth Mermin -- Pt.4. Feminist Approaches To African Cinema. Women With Open Eyes, Women Of Stone And Hammers: Western Feminism And African Feminist Filmmaking Practice / Kenneth W. Harrow -- The Mature Older Woman Of African Film / Suzanne Macrae -- The Locus Of Tension: Gender In Algerian Cinema / Ratiba Hadj-moussa -- Sub-saharan African Women Filmmakers: Agendas For Research / Nancy J. Schmidt -- Women In African Cinema: An Annotated Bibliography / Emilie Ngo-nguidjol. Edited By Kenneth W. Harrow. Includes Bibliographical References, Filmographies, And Index.