Women in African Cinema

Beyond the Body Politic

Bibliographic Data

ID9320343
AuthorsLizelle Bisschoff (0000-0002-5820-0377), Stefanie Van De Peer (0000-0003-3152-2912)
Year2019
Publication date2019-11-14
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueWomen in African Cinema (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315227962
OpenAlexW2912510034
ISBN9781315227962
Open LibraryOL35840707M
LanguageEN
Citations received11

Women in African Cinema: Beyond the Body Politic showcases the very prolific but often marginalised presence of women in African cinema, both on the screen and behind the camera. This study provides the first in-depth and sustained study of women in African cinema. Films by women from different geographical regions are discussed in case studies that are framed by feminist theoretical and historical themes, and seen through an anti-colonial, philosophical, political and socio-cultural cinematic lens. A historical and theoretical introduction provides the context for thematic chapters exploring topics ranging from female identities, female friendships, women in revolutionary cinema, motherhood and daughterhood, women's bodies, sexuality, and spirituality. Each chapter serves up a theoretical-historical discussion of the chosen theme, followed by two in-depth case studies that provide contextual and transnational readings of the films as well as outlining production, distribution and exhibition contexts. This book contributes to the feminist anti-racist revision of the canon by placing African women filmmakers squarely at the centre of African film culture. Demonstrating the depth and diversity of the feminine or female aesthetic in African cinema, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of African cinema, media studies and African studies

Aesthetics · Art · Body politic · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Exhibition · Film studies · Human sexuality · Media studies · Movie theater · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · African history and culture studies · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Gender Studies · History · Femmes au cinema · Film & Video · General · History & Criticism · Motion pictures · Motion pictures and women · Performing Arts · Women in motion pictures

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