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Native Features: Indigenous Films from Around the World
Houston Wood
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Description for Native Features: Indigenous Films from Around the World
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This book explores the varying contexts in which indigenous filmmaking takes place and how they challenge some of the basic assumptions of viewers.Though interest in indigenous feature-length films has expanded greatly in recent years, there is as yet no book-length examination of this subject. "Native Features" will fill this gap.Written for students and the general viewing public, "Native Features" explores the varying contexts in which indigenous filmmaking takes place. The book demonstrates how indigenous films challenge some of the basic assumptions of viewers who experience these films while using national cinemas as their models. Each chapter includes little known information ... Read more
This book explores the varying contexts in which indigenous filmmaking takes place and how they challenge some of the basic assumptions of viewers.Though interest in indigenous feature-length films has expanded greatly in recent years, there is as yet no book-length examination of this subject. "Native Features" will fill this gap.Written for students and the general viewing public, "Native Features" explores the varying contexts in which indigenous filmmaking takes place. The book demonstrates how indigenous films challenge some of the basic assumptions of viewers who experience these films while using national cinemas as their models. Each chapter includes little known information ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780826428455
SKU
V9780826428455
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About Houston Wood
After spending many years as a macadamia nut farmer, Houston Wood earned his PhD in English from the University of Hawaii in 1996 and now teaches there. His previous publications include The Reality of Ethnomethodology (with Hugh Mehan), Displacing Natives: The Rhetorical Production of Hawai'i, and various journal articles.
Reviews for Native Features: Indigenous Films from Around the World
"Libraries strong in international film and culture need Houston Wood's Native Features: Indigenous Films from Around the World...the first book to examine films made by indigenous people. It analyzes over fifty such films now in circulation, considering cultural stereotypes, and impact of both well-known and seldom-seen films, and considering the careers of major actors and directors. Both a aregional and ... Read more