Description
| Product ID: | 9781032727479 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Cinemas of the Global South |
| Subtitle: | Towards a Southern Aesthetics |
| Authors: | Author: Amir Taha, Dilip M Menon |
| Page Count: | 232 |
| Subjects: | Film history, theory or criticism, Film theory & criticism, Literary theory, National liberation and independence, Philosophy: aesthetics, Media studies, Literary theory, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Philosophy: aesthetics, Media studies, Developing countries |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book engages with the idea of the Global South through cinema as a concept of resistance; as a space of decolonialisation; and as an arena of virtuality, creativity and change. It opens up a dialogue amongst scholars and filmmakers from the Global South: India, Nigeria, Colombia, Brazil, South Africa, and Egypt. This book engages with the idea of the Global South through cinema as a concept of resistance; as a space of decolonialisation; and as an arena of virtuality, creativity and change. It opens up a dialogue amongst scholars and filmmakers from the Global South: India, Nigeria, Colombia, Brazil, South Africa, and Egypt. The essays in the volume approach cinema as an intertwined process of both production and perception not divorced from the economic, social, political and cultural. They emphasise film as a visual medium where form, structure and content are not separable. Through a wide array of film-readings, the authors explore the concept of a southern cinematic esthetics, in particular, and the concept of the Global South in general. The volume will be of interest to scholars, students and researchers of film and media studies, critical theory, cultural studies and Global South studies. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge India |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-03-19 |
