03055nam 2200625 a 450 991077936700332120200520144314.01-283-86987-X0-253-00656-2(CKB)2550000000707536(EBL)816861(OCoLC)823387747(SSID)ssj0000830887(PQKBManifestationID)11463788(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000830887(PQKBWorkID)10821555(PQKB)10993282(OCoLC)823710283(MdBmJHUP)muse18228(Au-PeEL)EBL816861(CaPaEBR)ebr10634612(CaONFJC)MIL418237(MiAaPQ)EBC816861(EXLCZ)99255000000070753620120710d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrZimbabwe's cinematic arts[electronic resource] language, power, identity /Katrina Daly ThompsonBloomington Indiana University Press20131 online resource (253 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-00651-1 0-253-00646-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Motion pictures and televisionSocial aspectsZimbabweMass media and languagePolitical aspectsZimbabweMotion picture industryZimbabweForeign influencesZimbabweSocial conditions1980-Motion pictures and televisionSocial aspectsMass media and languagePolitical aspectsMotion picture industryForeign influences.791.43/096891Thompson Katrina Daly1975-1573262MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779367003321Zimbabwe's cinematic arts3848929UNINA