{"product_id":"african-cinema-politics-culture-9780253207074","title":"African Cinema: Politics \u0026 Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Manthia Diawara is quite simply the best critic (in any language) currently writing on African cinema.\" --Robert Stam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Diawara has produced a useful history, a cogent analysis, and, in his arguments on how African cinema should develop, an undoubtedly controversial book.\" --Studies in Popular Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a good, solid and reliable history of filmmaking on the African continent, beginning with colonial production and moving on to independent filmmaking . . . an important and welcome reference source.\" --Classic Images\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Diawara's work is comprehensive, based on rigorous research and sound analyses . . . it aptly illustrates the intricate correlations between politics, economics and culture.\" --Black Film Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In a relatively new field of historical 'film theory', African Cinema: Politics and Culture will become indispensable.\" --The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, Vol. 1-3, 1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on political science, economics, history, and cultural studies, Diawara provides an insider's account of the development and current status of African cinema. He discusses such issues as film production and distribution, and film aesthetics from the colonial period to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-77991\"\u003eManthia Daiwara\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11275380\"\u003eManthia Diawara\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press (Ips)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253207074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 025320707X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER004000\"\u003eFilm | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMANTHIA DIAWARA is Professor of English and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Black Literature and Culture at the University of Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press (Ips)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44497592746221,"sku":"9780253207074","price":36.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_fbd769b8-6c3e-4108-81d0-1d9dec5a5ee1.jpg?v=1700953594","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/african-cinema-politics-culture-9780253207074","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}