African Film and Literature: Adapting Violence to the Screen by Lindiwe Dovey (E

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE African Film and Literature by Lindiwe Dovey Analyzing a range of South African and West African films inspired by African and non-African literature, Lindiwe Dovey identifies a specific trend in contemporary African filmmaking-one in which filmmakers are using the embodied audiovisual medium of film to offer a critique of physical and psychological violence. Against a detailed history of the mediums savage introduction and exploitation by colonial powers in two very different African contexts, Dovey examines the complex ways in which African filmmakers are preserving, mediating, and critiquing their own cultures while seeking a united vision of the future. More than merely representing socio-cultural realities in Africa, these films engage with issues of colonialism and postcolonialism, "updating" both the history and the literature they adapt to address contemporary audiences in Africa and elsewhere. Through this deliberate and radical re-historicization of texts and realities, Dovey argues that African filmmakers have developed a method of filmmaking that is altogether distinct from European and American forms of adaptation. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Analyzing a range of South African and West African films inspired by African and non-African literature, Lindiwe Dovey identifies a specific trend in contemporary African filmmaking-one in which filmmakers are using the embodied audiovisual medium of film to offer a critique of physical and psychological violence. Against a detailed history of the mediums savage introduction and exploitation by colonial powers in two very different African contexts, Dovey examines the complex ways in which African filmmakers are preserving, mediating, and critiquing their own cultures while seeking a united vision of the future. More than merely representing socio-cultural realities in Africa, these films engage with issues of colonialism and postcolonialism, "updating" both the history and the literature they adapt to address contemporary audiences in Africa and elsewhere. Through this deliberate and radical re-historicization of texts and realities, Dovey argues that African filmmakers have developed a method of filmmaking that is altogether distinct from European and American forms of adaptation. Notes This is a fine work of scholarship that sets a high standard for the discussion of African film. The book brings together-perhaps for the first time in a work of this magnitude--two centers of gravity in African film as it exists now: Francophone West Africa on the one hand and post-apartheid South Africa on the other. Dovey undertakes a thoughtful exploration of the question of adaptation from literature to film. -- Christopher Miller, Yale University This book explores a specific and emergent genre of African filmmaking and the critique of violence found at its center. Lindiwe Doveys arguments are compelling, innovative, and substantiated. -- James Genova, Ohio State University Once in a while a book is published that instigates a paradigm shift in how we view an object of study. Lindiwe Doveys African Film and Literature is one of them. By paying attention to African films primarily as films in the process of more complex ethnographic, historical, and sociopolitical elaborations, Dovey delivers a gift to be celebrated. One thinks of the nuance of her observations in the same vein as those of C. L. R. James and his writings on American cinema. -- Ato Quayson, University of Toronto, and author of Aesthetic Nervousness: Disability and the Crisis of Representation Author Biography Lindiwe Dovey is lecturer in African film and performance arts at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She holds a BA Honors degree from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. She is the founding director of the Cambridge African Film Festival and has made both documentary and fiction films. Table of Contents List of Film Stills Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: "African Cinema": Problems and Possibilities 1. Cinema and Violence in South Africa 2. Fools and Victims: Adapting Rationalized Rape into Feminist Film 3. Redeeming Features: Screening HIV/AIDS, Screening Out Rape in Gavin Hoods Tsotsi 4. From Black and White to "Coloured": Racial Identity in 1950s and 1990s South Africa in Two Versions of A Walk in the Night 5. Audio-visualizing "Invisible" Violence: Remaking and Reinventing Cry, the Beloved Country 6. Cinema and Violence in Francophone West Africa 7. Losing the Plot, Restoring the Lost Chapter: Aristotle in Cameroon 8. African Incar(me)nation: Joseph Ga Ramakas Karmen Ge (2001) 9. Humanizing the Old Testaments Origins, Historicizing Genocides Origins: Cheick Oumar Sissokos La GenSse (1999) Conclusion Notes Filmography Bibliography Index Review [An] important book... Highly recommended. Choice Promotional This is a fine work of scholarship that sets a high standard for the discussion of African film. The book brings together-perhaps for the first time in a work of this magnitude--two centers of gravity in African film as it exists now: Francophone West Africa on the one hand and post-apartheid South Africa on the other. Dovey undertakes a thoughtful exploration of the question of adaptation from literature to film. -- Christopher Miller, Yale University This book explores a specific and emergent genre of African filmmaking and the critique of violence found at its center. Lindiwe Doveys arguments are compelling, innovative, and substantiated. -- James Genova, Ohio State University Once in a while a book is published that instigates a paradigm shift in how we view an object of study. Lindiwe Doveys African Film and Literature is one of them. By paying attention to African films primarily as films in the process of more complex ethnographic, historical, and sociopolitical elaborations, Dovey delivers a gift to be celebrated. One thinks of the nuance of her observations in the same vein as those of C. L. R. James and his writings on American cinema. -- Ato Quayson, University of Toronto, and author of Aesthetic Nervousness: Disability and the Crisis of Representation Prizes Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2017 Review Quote "An important book... Highly recommended." -- Choice Promotional "Headline" The commonalities of a continent identified through its films. Description for Bookstore CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2009 Details ISBN0231147546 Author Lindiwe Dovey Short Title AFRICAN FILM & LITERATURE Publisher Columbia University Press Language English ISBN-10 0231147546 ISBN-13 9780231147545 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2009 Imprint Columbia University Press Subtitle Adapting Violence to the Screen Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations 174 color images, and 4 more for the cover Pages 360 Translated from English UK Release Date 2009-05-20 AU Release Date 2009-05-20 NZ Release Date 2009-05-20 US Release Date 2009-05-20 Series Film and Culture Series Publication Date 2009-05-20 DEWEY 791.43096 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! 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