Zimbabwe's cinematic arts: language, power, identity

by Thompson, Katrina Daly

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Title Statements

Full title :Zimbabwe's cinematic arts : language, power, identity / Katrina Daly Thompson.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Indiana University Press
Place of Publication:Bloomington
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 237 p.

Edition Identifiers

oclc:on1200892079
LC Classification:PN1993.5.Z55
Dewey Decimal:791.43/096891

Introduction: Cultural identity in discourse -- A crisis of representation -- Cinematic arts before the 2001 Broadcasting Services Act: two decades of trying to build a nation -- Authorship and identities: what makes a film "local"? -- Changing the channel: using the foreign to critique the local -- Power, citizenship, and local content: a critical reading of the Broadcasting Services Act -- Language as a form of social change: public debate in local languages -- Conclusion: Possibilities for democratic change.

Subjects

Cinéma -- Industrie -- Zimbabwe Cinéma et télévision -- Aspect social -… Mass media and language -- Political as… Médias et langage -- Aspect politique -… Motion picture industry -- Foreign infl… Motion picture industry -- Foreign infl… Motion pictures and television -- Socia… Since 1980 Social conditions Zimbabwe Zimbabwe -- Conditions sociales -- 1980- Zimbabwe -- Social conditions -- 1980-