Passion Of The Reel Cinematic Versus Modernist Political Fictions In Cameroon
Publisher: Intellect (UK)
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781841505640
Description: Highlighting the challenges faced by a nascent national cinema with limited resources, Passion of the Reel provides an in-depth analysis of the output of the Cameroonian film industry. Jean-Olivier Tchouaffe shows that, far from an empty receptacle for colonial legacies, Cameroon--and Africa--must move beyond their colonial legacies to focus on indigenous productions of meaning informed by traditional wisdom and ordinary Cameroonian life experience. Tchouaffe’s analysis sets the stage for a film-driven exploration of postcolonialism, social construction, and modernization.