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Contact Zones: Memory, Origin, and Discourses in Black Diasporic Cinema (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series)
Sheila J. Petty
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Description for Contact Zones: Memory, Origin, and Discourses in Black Diasporic Cinema (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series)
Paperback. Created at the crossroads of slavery, migration, and exile, and comprising a global population, the black diaspora is a diverse space of varied histories, experiences, and goals. This title addresses a range of filmmakers, theorists, and issues in black diasporic cinema, highlighting their influences on artistic and theoretical discourses. Series: Contemporary Approaches to Film and Television Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
This title explores the contributions of black diasporic filmmakers and thinkers to contemporary artistic and theoretical discourses.Created at the crossroads of slavery, migration, and exile, and comprising a global population, the black diaspora is a diverse space of varied histories, experiences, and goals. Likewise, black diasporic film tends to focus on the complexities of transnational identity, which oscillates between similarity and difference and resists easy categorization. In ""Contact Zones"", author Sheila J. Petty addresses a range of filmmakers, theorists, and issues in black diasporic cinema, highlighting their ongoing influences on contemporary artistic and theoretical discourses.Petty examines both Anglophone and Francophone ... Read more
This title explores the contributions of black diasporic filmmakers and thinkers to contemporary artistic and theoretical discourses.Created at the crossroads of slavery, migration, and exile, and comprising a global population, the black diaspora is a diverse space of varied histories, experiences, and goals. Likewise, black diasporic film tends to focus on the complexities of transnational identity, which oscillates between similarity and difference and resists easy categorization. In ""Contact Zones"", author Sheila J. Petty addresses a range of filmmakers, theorists, and issues in black diasporic cinema, highlighting their ongoing influences on contemporary artistic and theoretical discourses.Petty examines both Anglophone and Francophone ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Detroit, MI, United States
ISBN
9780814330999
SKU
V9780814330999
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About Sheila J. Petty
Sheila J. Petty is professor of film and video studies at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Reviews for Contact Zones: Memory, Origin, and Discourses in Black Diasporic Cinema (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series)
This work stands as a witness to the power of black cinema to render complex, complicated, and cross-resonant expressions for renarrating and rethinking human life in a post-Columbus world. It is essential reading across the humanities and social sciences for anyone interested in how the modern world comes into being from a black diasporic cinematic perspective. - Rinaldo Walcott, associate ... Read more