Zimbabwe's cinematic arts
Subtitle: language, power, identity
By: Katrina Daly Thompson
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780253006462; 9780253006516; 9780253006561
Subjects: Foreign influences; Motion pictures and television; Zimbabwe; Mass media and language; Social conditions; Motion picture industry
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Cultural identity in discourse; title: A crisis of representation; title: Cinematic arts before the 2001 Broadcasting Services Act: two decades of trying to build a nation; title: Authorship and identities: what makes a film "local"?; title: Changing the channel: using the foreign to critique the local; title: Power, citizenship, and local content: a critical reading of the Broadcasting Services Act; title: Language as a form of social change: public debate in local languages; title: Conclusion: Possibilities for democratic change.