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Gaze Regimes: Film and Feminisms in Africa
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Description for Gaze Regimes: Film and Feminisms in Africa
Paperback. Presents a bricolage of essays and interviews showcasing the experiences of women working in film, either directly as practitioners or in other areas such as curators, festival programme directors or fundraisers. It does not shy away from questioning the relations of power in the practice of filmmaking and the power invested in the gaze itself. Editor(s): Mistry, Jyoti; Schuhmann, Antje. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; APFA; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150. Weight in Grams: 410.
Gaze Regimes is a bricolage of essays and interviews showcasing the experiences of women working in fi lm, either directly as practitioners or in other areas such as curators, festival programme directors or fundraisers. It does not shy away from questioning the relations of power in the practice of filmmaking and the power invested in the gaze itself. Who is looking and who is being looked at, who is telling women’s stories in Africa and what governs the mechanics of making those films on the continent?
The interviews with Tsitsi Dangarembga, Taghreed Elsanhouri, Jihan El-Tahri, Anita Khanna, Djo Tunda ... Read more
Gaze Regimes is a bricolage of essays and interviews showcasing the experiences of women working in fi lm, either directly as practitioners or in other areas such as curators, festival programme directors or fundraisers. It does not shy away from questioning the relations of power in the practice of filmmaking and the power invested in the gaze itself. Who is looking and who is being looked at, who is telling women’s stories in Africa and what governs the mechanics of making those films on the continent?
The interviews with Tsitsi Dangarembga, Taghreed Elsanhouri, Jihan El-Tahri, Anita Khanna, Djo Tunda ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781868148561
SKU
V9781868148561
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About
Jyoti Mistry is a filmmaker and associate professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa in the School of Arts. Antje Schuhmann works as senior lecturer in the Political Studies department and the Centre for Diversity Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Reviews for Gaze Regimes: Film and Feminisms in Africa
This intricately woven collection presents nuanced images - from the north to the south of the African continent - of the contemporary state of women's representation, roles and engagements in the film world. - Lindiwe Dovey, senior lecturer in African film, SOAS, University of London and honorary associate professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal.