African Diasporic Cinema Aesthetics of Reconstruction |
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| Author:
| Ricci, Daniela |
| Translator:
| Thackway, Melissa |
| Series title: | African Humanities and the Arts Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61186-364-2 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2020 |
| Publisher: | Michigan State University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $54.95USD $54.95 |
Book Description:
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African Diasporic Cinema: Aesthetics of Reconstruction analyzes the aesthetic strategies adopted by contemporary African diasporic filmmakers to express the reconstruction of identity. The African diasporic condition in the Western world is characterized by the intersection of various factors. As a result, quests for the self and self-reconstruction are frequent themes in the films of the African diaspora, and yet the filmmakers refuse to remain trapped in the confines of an...
More Description African Diasporic Cinema: Aesthetics of Reconstruction analyzes the aesthetic strategies adopted by contemporary African diasporic filmmakers to express the reconstruction of identity. The African diasporic condition in the Western world is characterized by the intersection of various factors. As a result, quests for the self and self-reconstruction are frequent themes in the films of the African diaspora, and yet the filmmakers refuse to remain trapped in the confines of an assigned, rigid identity. Reflecting these complex circumstances, this book analyzes the contemporary diaspora through the prism of cultural hybridization and the processes of recomposing fragmented identities, out of which new identities emerge.