Gender Terrains in African Cinema (African Humanities)
Dominica Dipio
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Description for Gender Terrains in African Cinema (African Humanities)
Paperback. Editor(s): Dipio, Dominica. Series: African Humanities Series. Num Pages: 242 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 612.
The highly talented author, Dominica Dipio was inspired by a desire to undertake this study from her interest in gender, and the increasing attention African cinema is drawing in the history of world cinemas. Attaining its identity in the 1960s, this cinema is characteristically a post colonial art form. The first group of filmmakers and critics saw themselves, together with the political elite, as responsible for building their new nations and came up with a series of statements which underline what cinema should be in their contexts - an instrument for educating, decolonising the mind and developing critical participatory viewership. ... Read more
The highly talented author, Dominica Dipio was inspired by a desire to undertake this study from her interest in gender, and the increasing attention African cinema is drawing in the history of world cinemas. Attaining its identity in the 1960s, this cinema is characteristically a post colonial art form. The first group of filmmakers and critics saw themselves, together with the political elite, as responsible for building their new nations and came up with a series of statements which underline what cinema should be in their contexts - an instrument for educating, decolonising the mind and developing critical participatory viewership. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Unisa Press
Condition
New
Series
African Humanities Series
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Pretoria, South Africa
ISBN
9781868887354
SKU
V9781868887354
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About Dominica Dipio
Professor Dominica Dipio is an Associate Professor of literature and film based in Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda where she obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Literature. Her Licentiate in Social Communications and PhD in Film Studies, specialising in African Cinema, are from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. She has been the Chair of the Department of Literature ... Read more
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