Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora - Tapa blanda

"Anjali Prabhu's Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora goes well beyond what might be expected of a book on the subject. For apart from its comprehensiveness, verve and lucidity, it raises philosophical and ethical questions about spectatorship that will find resonance with all scholars of cinema, wherever they may be found. The book is nothing short of a delightful and thought-provoking masterpiece." Ato Quayson, Center for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto ?Absorbing reading, as theoretically insightful as it is winningly and meticulously argued. I have been greatly enriched by Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora. It is a stellar accomplishment and a significant contribution to African and diaspora film and cultural studies.? Tejumola Olaniyan, Louise Durham Mead Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Analyzing art house films from the African continent and the African diaspora, this book showcases a new generation of auteurs with African origins from political, aesthetic, and spectatorship perspectives. * Focuses on art house cinema and discusses commercial African cinema * Enlarges our understanding of African film to include thematic and aesthetic influence * Highlights aesthetic and political aspects including racial identity, women s issues, and diaspora * Heavily illustrated with over 90 film stills * Features selected stills integral to the filmic analysis in full color * Moves beyond Western-oriented analytical paradigms