Portuguese and Belgian Colonial Cinema
The Filmography of Two Small Big Countries in Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3623231 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexandre Ramos (0000-0003-3872-5536, Direcção Regional de Cultura do Alentejo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 239 |
| Issue | 239 |
| Pages | 555-583 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cahiers d études africaines (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-0055 • E-ISSN: 1777-5353 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/etudesafricaines.31643 |
| OpenAlex | W3083792367 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
The instrumentalisation of cinema turned out to be fast, natural, and almost inevitable by countries with imperial ambitions. Belgium and Portugal, on which we focus here, were no exception. Both had minor geographic and demographic significance, which translated into a limited military capacity and consequently, a peripheral position in international geopolitics, dominated by other colonial powers—namely Germany, France, and the United Kingdom—with which they shared borders in the vast African overseas territories. The aim of this study is twofold: exploring Belgian and Portuguese colonial film production to determine their main similarities and differences; highlighting the value of the least studied European colonial cinematography as a source of information for historiography and other sciences
Archaeology · Art history · Colonialism · Economy · Ethnology · Geography · Geopolitics · Historiography · Media studies · Movie theater · Political science · Portuguese · Sociology · African history and culture studies · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |