Tropical dream palaces : cinema in colonial West Africa /

Many studies focus on film in Africa. Few, however, study cinema as a leisure activity: one that has influenced several generations and opened up spaces to dream, discuss or contest. Movie theatres offered a break from the daily routine, as places of escape and of education. Cinema was also potentia...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Goerg, Odile
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Zusammenfassung:
Many studies focus on film in Africa. Few, however, study cinema as a leisure activity: one that has influenced several generations and opened up spaces to dream, discuss or contest. Movie theatres offered a break from the daily routine, as places of escape and of education. Cinema was also potentially subversive, offering an alternative to colonial discourse. This book seeks to trace this history in a West African context: of broadening horizons on the one hand, and of censorship and control on the other. It follows cinema's arrival in the region in the early 20th century up until the Independence era, and also looking further afield to Central Africa and its different models.
Umfang:
1 online resource (213 pages)
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-009966-6
0-19-753095-8
Schlagworte:
Motion pictures > Africa, West.
Motion picture theaters > Africa, West.
Performing Arts.
Films, cinema.
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