Framing Africa portrayals of a continent in contemporary mainstream cinema

Introduction: 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...

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1. Verfasser: Eltringham, Nigel (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY u.a. Berghahn 2013
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: 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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Includes filmography. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:VI, 183 S.
23 cm
ISBN:9781782380733
978-1-78238-073-3
9781782380740