Zimbabwe's cinematic arts : language, power, identity / / Katrina Daly Thompson

• Autore: Thompson Katrina Daly <1975->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/096891
• Soggetto topico: Motion pictures and television - Social aspects - Zimbabwe; Mass media and language - Political aspects - Zimbabwe; Motion picture industry - Zimbabwe - Foreign influences
• Soggetto geografico: Zimbabwe Social conditions 1980-
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Zimbabwe's cinematic arts
• ISBN: 1-283-86987-X; 0-253-00656-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813056203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II