Space and Time in African Cinema and Cine-Scapes

This book is the first of its kind to bring basic notions of contemporary physics to bear on African cine-scapes.

List of contents

Introduction Part One: Space and Relationality 1. Sembène Ousmane, "Borom Sarret" and Framing the Questions of Science 2. John Akomfrah, Nine Muses 3. Dyana Gaye, Des Etoiles Part Two: Time 4. Time and Kentridge: Georges Méliès, "Le Voyage dans la lune" and William Kentridge, "The Refusal of Time," "Felix in Exile" 5. Abbas Kiarostami, ABC Africa and 24 Frames 6. Chris Marker, Sans Soleil 7. Mati Diop, Mille Soleils Conclusion

About the author

Kenneth W. Harrow is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of English at Michigan State University. His work focuses on African cinema and literature, Diaspora and Postcolonial Studies. He is the author of Thresholds of Change in African Literature, Less Than One and Double: A Feminist Reading of African Women's Writing, Postcolonial African Cinema: From Political Engagement to Postmodernism, and Trash! A Study of African Cinema Viewed from Below. He has edited numerous collections on such topics as Islam and African literature, African cinema, and women in African literature and cinema, including, with Carmela Garritano, A Companion to African Film.

Summary

This book is the first of its kind to bring basic notions of contemporary physics to bear on African cine-scapes.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth W. Harrow, Harrow Kenneth W.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032265704
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3226570-4
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference, Films, cinema, Reference works, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Reference