African Film and Literature by Lindiwe Dovey

African Film and Literature by Lindiwe Dovey

Analyzing a range of South African and West African films inspired by African and non-African literature, Lindiwe Dovey identifies a specific trend in contemporary African filmmaking-one in which filmmakers are using the embodied audiovisual medium of film to offer a critique of physical and psychological violence. Against a detailed history of the medium's savage introduction and exploitation by colonial powers in two very different African contexts, Dovey examines the complex ways in which African filmmakers are preserving, mediating, and critiquing their own cultures while seeking a united vision of the future. More than merely representing socio-cultural realities in Africa, these films engage with issues of colonialism and postcolonialism, updating both the history and the literature they adapt to address contemporary audiences in Africa and elsewhere. Through this deliberate and radical re-historicization of texts and realities, Dovey argues that African filmmakers have developed a method of filmmaking that is altogether distinct from European and American forms of adaptation.

[An] important book.. Highly recommended. Choice

Lindiwe Dovey is lecturer in African film and performance arts at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She holds a BA Honors degree from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. She is the founding director of the Cambridge African Film Festival and has made both documentary and fiction films.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780231147552
ISBN 10	0231147554
Title	African Film and Literature
Author	Lindiwe Dovey
Series	Film And Culture Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Columbia University Press
Year published	2009-05-20
Number of pages	360
Prizes	Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.