Zimbabwe's cinematic arts : language, power, identity / Katrina Daly Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Katrina Daly, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures and television--Social aspects--Zimbabwe.

Motion pictures and television.

Mass media and language--Political aspects--Zimbabwe.

Mass media and language.

Motion picture industry--Zimbabwe--Foreign influences.

Motion picture industry.

Zimbabwe--Social conditions--1980-.

Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe. Broadcasting Services Act.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This timely book reflects on discourses of identity that pervade local talk and texts in Zimbabwe, a nation beset by political and economic crisis. As she explores questions of culture that play out in broadly accessible local and foreign film and television, Katrina Daly Thompson shows how viewers interpret these media and how they impact everyday life, language use, and thinking about community. She offers a unique understanding of how media reflect and contribute to Zimbabwean culture, language, and ethnicity.

Contents:

Introduction: Cultural identity in discourse

A crisis of representation

Cinematic arts before the 2001 Broadcasting Services Act: two decades of trying to build a nation

Authorship and identities: what makes a film "local"?

Changing the channel: using the foreign to critique the local

Power, citizenship, and local content: a critical reading of the Broadcasting Services Act

Language as a form of social change: public debate in local languages

Conclusion: Possibilities for democratic change.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283869874

128386987X

9780253006561

0253006562

OCLC:

823387747