Gender terrains in African cinema / Dominica Dipio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dipio, Dominica, author.

Series:

African humanities series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures and women--Africa.

Motion pictures and women.

Women in motion pictures--History and criticism.

Women in motion pictures.

Feminism and motion pictures--Africa.

Feminism and motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Africa--History.

Motion pictures.

Africa.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 227 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pretoria : Unisa Press, [2014]

Summary:

Gender Terrains in African Cinema reflects on a body of canonical African filmmakers who address a trajectory of pertinent social issues. Dipio analyses gender relations around three categories of female characters - the girl child, the young woman and the elderly woman and their male counterparts. Although gender remains the focal point in this lucid and fascinating text, Dipio engages attention in her discussion of African feminism in relation to Western feminism. With its broad appeal to African humanities, Gender Terrains in African Cinema stands as a unique and radical contribution to the field of (African) film studies, which until now, has suffered from a paucity of scholarship. Book jacket.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1868887359

9781868887354

OCLC:

884493042

Publisher Number:

99962130926