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6%OFFLucia Saks - Cinema in a Democratic South Africa: The Race for Representation (New Directions in National Cinemas) - 9780253221865 - V9780253221865
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Cinema in a Democratic South Africa: The Race for Representation (New Directions in National Cinemas)

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Description for Cinema in a Democratic South Africa: The Race for Representation (New Directions in National Cinemas) paperback. Using South African cinema as a lens through which to view cultural changes resulting from the end of apartheid in 1994, this title examines how media transformed the meaning of race and nation during this period and argues that, as apartheid was disbanded and new racial constructs allowed, South Africa quickly sought a new mode of representation. Series: New Directions in National Cinemas. Num Pages: 272 pages, 27 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFM; APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.

Lucia Saks uses South African cinema as a lens through which to view cultural changes resulting from the end of apartheid in 1994. She examines how media transformed the meaning of race and nation during this period and argues that, as apartheid was disbanded and new racial constructs allowed, South Africa quickly sought a new mode of representation as a way to distance itself from the violence and racism of the half-century prior, as well as to demonstrate stability amid social disruption. This rapid search for a new way to identify and portray itself is what Saks refers to as ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
New Directions in National Cinemas
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253221865
SKU
V9780253221865
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About Lucia Saks
Lucia Saks is Assistant Professor in the Department of Screen Arts and Cultures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Reviews for Cinema in a Democratic South Africa: The Race for Representation (New Directions in National Cinemas)
"... an important and pathbreaking contribution to film studies and to the literature on South African cinema.... No monograph or piece of individual scholarship of this kind exists on cinema in postapartheid South Africa." —Sean Jacobs, University of Michigan

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