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Passion of the Reel: Cinematic versus Modernist Political Fictions in Cameroon Tchouaffe, Jean-Olivier (Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas)
Passion of the Reel: Cinematic versus Modernist Political Fictions in Cameroon
Tchouaffe, Jean-Olivier (Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas)
Highlighting the challenges faced by a nascent national cinema with limited resources, this title provides an analysis of the output of the Cameroonian film industry. It shows that Cameroon - and Africa - must move beyond their colonial legacies to focus on indigenous productions of meaning informed by ordinary Cameroonian life experience.
292 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 1, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781841505640 |
| Publishers | Intellect |
| Pages | 216 |
| Dimensions | 270 × 177 × 20 mm · 588 g |
| Language | English |