Africa shoots back
Subtitle: alternative perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone African film
By: Melissa Thackway.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Motion pictures -- Africa, French-speaking.
Notes: Filmography: p. 218-223.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-217) and index.
Table of contents: title: Development & evolutions; title: Critical paradigms; title: The problematic legacy of eurocentrism; title: Postmodernism or postcoloniality?; title: Towards new paradigms; title: Cultural identity, representation & voice; title: Representing Africa; title: Alternative perspectives, or, reassessing identity through film; title: Screen griots: orature & film; title: Living traditions; title: The stylistic & structural influences of orature on film; title: Memory, history and other stories; title: The 'colonial confontation' genre; title: Memory-history films: Afrique je te plumerai; Asientos; Allah Tantou; Fadjal; title: Filming the immigrant experience: Francophone African cinema in Europe; title: Setting a precedent: Afrique sur seine; title: The myth of Europe; title: Interracial relationships & immigrant communities; title: African women & film: on screen and behind camera; title: Directing the Female gaze: Safi Faye; Laure Folly; Fanta R. Nacro; title: 'Womanist' films.