{"product_id":"south-african-national-cinema-paperback","title":"South African National Cinema - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Maingard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSouth African National Cinema \u003c\/em\u003eexamines how cinema in South Africa represents national identities, particularly with regard to race. This significant and unique contribution establishes interrelationships between South African cinema and key points in South Africa's history, showing how cinema figures in the making, entrenching and undoing of apartheid. This study spans the twentieth century and beyond through detailed analyses of selected films, beginning with \u003cem\u003eDe Voortrekkers \u003c\/em\u003e(1916) through to \u003cem\u003eMapantsula \u003c\/em\u003e(1988) and films produced post apartheid, including \u003cem\u003eDrum \u003c\/em\u003e(2004), \u003cem\u003eTsotsi \u003c\/em\u003e(2005) and \u003cem\u003eZulu Love Letter\u003c\/em\u003e (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJacqueline Maingard discusses how cinema reproduced and constructed a white national identity, taking readers through cinema's role in building white Afrikaner nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s. She then moves to examine film culture and modernity in the development of black audiences from the 1920s to the 1950s, especially in a group of films that includes \u003cem\u003eJim Comes to Joburg\u003c\/em\u003e (1949) and \u003cem\u003eCome Back, Africa\u003c\/em\u003e (1959). Jacqueline Maingard also considers the effects of the apartheid state's film subsidy system in the 1960s and 1970s and focuses on cinema against apartheid in the 1980s. She reflects upon shifting national cinema policies following the first democratic election in 1994 and how it became possible for the first time to imagine an inclusive national film culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with excellent visual examples, this cinema history will be of value to film scholars and historians, as well as to practitioners in South Africa today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJacqueline Maingard\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Lecturer and Head of Education in the Department of Drama: Theatre, Film, Television at the University of Bristol. She was formerly at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9.07 x 6.33 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 December 14, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751414694176,"sku":"9780415216807","price":90.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5ac9c7ae40cdadbec7d24b87f988bc73.webp?v=1779972513","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/south-african-national-cinema-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}