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1 online resource (vi, 183 pages) |
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text file |
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Framing Africa; Framing Africa Portrayals of a Continent in Contemporary Mainstream Cinema Edited by Nigel Eltringham; Contents; Introduction Cinema/Chimera? The Re-presencing of Africain Twenty-First-Century Film Nigel Eltringham; One 'Print the Legend' Myth and Reality in The Last King of Scotland Mark Leopold; Two Black Hawk Down Recasting U.S. Military History at Somali Expense Lidwien Kapteijns; Three Pharma in Africa Health, Corruption and Contemporary Kenya in The Constant Gardener Daniel Branch. |
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Four War in the City, Crime in the Country Blood Diamond and the Representation of Violence in the Sierra Leone War Danny HoffmanFive Showing What Cannot Be Imagined Shooting Dogs and Hotel Rwanda Nigel Eltringham; Six Torture, Betrayal and Forgiveness Red Dust and the Search for Truthin Post-Apartheid South Africa Annelies Verdoolaege; Seven Go Amabokoboko! Rugby, Race, Madiba and the Invictus Creation Myth of a New South Africa Derek Charles Catsam; Notes on Contributors; Index. |
| Summary |
The first decade of the 21st century has seen a proliferation of North American and European films that focus on African politics and society. While once the continent was the setting for narratives of heroic ascendancy over self (The African Queen, 1951; The Snows of Kilimanjaro, 1952), military odds (Zulu, 1964; Khartoum, 1966) and nature (Mogambo, 1953; Hatari!,1962; Born Free, 1966; The Last Safari, 1967), this new wave of films portrays a continent blighted by transnational corruption (The Constant Gardener, 2005), genocide. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Africa -- In motion pictures.
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Africa. |
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Motion pictures -- Europe -- History -- 21st century.
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Motion pictures. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
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21st century |
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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20th century |
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference. |
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United States. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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1900-2099 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Eltringham, Nigel. Framing Africa : Portrayals of a Continent in Contemporary Mainstream Cinema. New York : Berghahn Books, ©2013 9781782380733 |
| ISBN |
9781782380740 (electronic book) |
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1782380744 (electronic book) |
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1299777910 (electronic book) |
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9781299777910 (electronic book) |
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9781782380733 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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