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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452709503321

Autore

Thompson Katrina Daly <1975->

Titolo

Zimbabwe's cinematic arts [[electronic resource] ] : language, power, identity / / Katrina Daly Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-283-86987-X

0-253-00656-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/096891

Soggetti

Motion pictures and television - Social aspects - Zimbabwe

Mass media and language - Political aspects - Zimbabwe

Motion picture industry - Zimbabwe - Foreign influences

Electronic books.

Zimbabwe Social conditions 1980-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

This timely book reflects on discourses of identity that pervade local talk and texts in Zimbabwe, a nation beset by political and economic crisis. As she explores questions of culture that play out in broadly accessible local and foreign film and television, Katrina Daly Thompson shows how viewers interpret these media and how they impact everyday life, language use, and thinking about community. She offers a unique understanding of how media reflect and contribute to Zimbabwean culture, language, and ethnicity.