Trash: African Cinema from Below

by Kenneth W. Harrow

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Highlighting what is melodramatic, flashy, low, and gritty in the characters, images, and plots of African cinema, Kenneth W. Harrow uses trash as the unlikely metaphor to show how these films have depicted the globalized world. Rather than focusing on topics such as national liberation and postcolonialism, he employs the disruptive notion of trash to propose a destabilizing aesthetics of African cinema. Harrow argues that the spread of commodity...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0253007518

ISBN13:9780253007513

Release Date:April 2013

Publisher:Indiana University Press (Ips)

Length:264 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Performing Arts Social Science Social Sciences

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