Description
Product ID: | 9781841504582 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | South African Cinema 1896-2010 |
Authors: | Author: Martin Botha |
Page Count: | 307 |
Subjects: | Films, cinema, Films, cinema, Republic of South Africa, 20th century, c 2000 to c 2010 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Taking an inclusive approach to South African film history, this volume represents an ambitious attempt to analyze and place in appropriate sociopolitical context the aesthetic highlights of South African cinema from 1896 to the present. Taking an inclusive approach to South African film history, this volume represents an ambitious attempt to analyze and place in appropriate sociopolitical context the aesthetic highlights of South African cinema from 1896 to the present. Thoroughly researched and fully documented by renowned film scholar Martin Botha, the book focuses on the many highly creative uses of cinematic form, style and genre as set against South Africa''s complex and often turbulent social and political landscape. Included are more than two hundred illustrations and a look at many aspects of South African film history that haven''t been previously documented. |
Imprint Name: | Intellect Books |
Publisher Name: | Intellect Books |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2012-04-15 |