Modernity and the African cinema /
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Author / Creator: | Shaka, Femi Okiremuete. |
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Imprint: | Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c2004. |
Description: | 453 p. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5374063 |
Summary: | "This book argues that the construction of modern African identity in all spheres of life, including the cinematic institution, is a product of the Euro-African contact that started in the fifteenth century. Traditional African institutions, which were ove" |
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Physical Description: | 453 p. ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-435) and index. |
ISBN: | 1592210856 (cloth) 1592210864 (pbk.) |