LEADER 03247nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910779842003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78238-074-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781782380740 035 $a(CKB)2550000001108955 035 $a(EBL)1337745 035 $a(OCoLC)855505467 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000953827 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12377738 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000953827 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10911982 035 $a(PQKB)10743310 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1337745 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1337745 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10745025 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL509042 035 $a(DE-B1597)636176 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781782380740 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001108955 100 $a20130327d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFraming Africa$b[electronic resource] $eportrayals of a continent in contemporary mainstream cinema /$fedited by Nigel Eltringham 210 $aNew York $cBerghahn$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 300 $aIncludes filmography. 311 $a1-78238-073-6 311 $a1-299-77791-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Cinema/chimera? the re-presencing of Africa in twenty-first-century film / Nigel Eltringham -- "Print the legend": myth and reality in The last King of Scotland / Mark Leopold -- Black Hawk down: recasting U.S. military history at Somali expense / Lidwien Kapteijns -- Pharma in Africa: health, corruption and contemporary Kenya in The constant gardener / Daniel Branch -- War in the city, crime in the country: Blood diamond and the representation of violence in the Sierra Leone War / Danny Hoffman -- Showing what cannot be imagined: Shooting dogs and Hotel Rwanda / Nigel Eltringham -- Torture, betrayal and forgiveness: Red dust and the search for truth in post-apartheid South Africa / Annelies Verdoolaege -- Go Amabokoboko! rugby, race, madiba and the Invictus creation myth of a new South Africa / Derek Charles Catsam. 330 $a The first decade of the 21st century has seen a proliferation of North American and European films that focus on African politics and society. While once the continent was the setting for narratives of heroic ascendancy over self (The African Queen, 1951; The Snows of Kilimanjaro, 1952), military odds (Zulu, 1964; Khartoum, 1966) and nature (Mogambo, 1953; Hatari!,1962; Born Free, 1966; The Last Safari, 1967), this new wave of films portrays a continent blighted by transnational corruption (The Constant Gardener, 2005), genocide (Hotel Rwanda, 2004; Shooting Dogs, 2006), 'failed states' (Blac 606 $aMotion pictures$zEurope$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aMotion pictures$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aAfrica$xIn motion pictures 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory 676 $a791.43/651 701 $aEltringham$b Nigel$01467993 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779842003321 996 $aFraming Africa$93678899 997 $aUNINA