{"product_id":"african-cinema-in-a-global-age-paperback","title":"African Cinema in a Global Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth W. Harrow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book traces the developments in African films that were made from the 1990s to the present within the evolving frame of what came to be called 'World Cinema' and, eventually, 'Global Cinema.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKenneth W. Harrow explores how, from the time video and then digital technologies were introduced in the 1990s, and then again, when streaming platforms assumed major roles in producing and distributing film between the 2010s and 2020s, African cinema underwent enormous changes. He highlights how the introduction of the continent's first successful commercial cinema, Nollywood, shifted the focus from engagé films, with social or political messages, to entertainment movies, but also auteur cinema. Harrow explores how this transformation liberated African filmmakers and resulted in an incredible, enduring flow of creative, inventive, and thoughtful filmmaking. This book presents a number of those critical films that mark that trajectory, projecting a new sense of African film spaces and temporalities, while also highlighting how African films continue to find independent pathways. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to students and scholars of African cinema and world cinema, as well as researchers specifically examining African cinemas and their relationship to globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKenneth W. Harrow\u003c\/strong\u003e is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of English at Michigan State University. His work focuses on African cinema and literature. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThresholds of Change in African Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(1993), \u003ci\u003eLess Than One and Double: A Feminist Reading of African Women's Writing \u003c\/i\u003e(2001), \u003ci\u003ePostcolonial African Cinema: From Political Engagement to Postmodernism\u003c\/i\u003e (2007)\u003ci\u003e, Trash! A Study of African Cinema Viewed from Below \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), and\u003ci\u003e Space and Time in African Cinema and Cine-scapes \u003c\/i\u003e(2022). He also co-edited, with Carmela Garritano, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to African Film\u003c\/i\u003e (2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781588386080,"sku":"9781032502519","price":85.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d6740f6a869713d9070ca2fb95afac24.webp?v=1780553745","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/african-cinema-in-a-global-age-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}