(Re)imagining African independence : film, visual arts and the fall of the Portuguese empire / Maria do Carmo Piçarra and Teresa Castro (eds).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Piçarra, Maria do Carmo, 1970- editor.

Castro, Teresa, 1952- editor.

Series:

Reconfiguring identities in the Portuguese-speaking world ; 8.

Reconfiguring identities in the Portuguese-speaking world ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry.

Colonies.

Portugal--Colonies--Africa--In motion pictures.

Portugal.

Portugal--Colonies--Africa--On television.

Africa--In motion pictures.

Africa.

Africa--On television.

Motion picture industry--Africa.

Physical Description:

xvi, 287 pages : Illustrations ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Reimagining African independence

Imagining African independence

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Bern ; New York : Peter Lang, , [2017]

Summary:

Reconfiguring Identities in the Portuguese-Speaking World, The fortieth anniversary of the independence of the African countries colonized by Portugal presents a valuable opportunity to reassess how colonialism has been 'imagined' through the medium of the moving image. The essays collected in this volume investigate Portuguese colonialism and its filmic and audio-visual imaginaries both during and after the Estado Novo regime, examining political propaganda films shot during the liberation wars and exploring the questions and debates these generate. The book also highlights common aspects in the emergence of a national cinema in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau. By reanimating (and decolonizing) the archive, it represents an important contribution to Portuguese colonial history, as well as to the history of cinema and the visual arts. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The Birth [through Images] of African Nations 23

1 Ruy Duarte: A Cinema of the Word Aspiring to Imagine Angolanness / Maria Do Carmo Piçarra Piçarra, Maria Do Carmo 25

2 Between the Visible and the Invisible: Mueda, Memória e Massacre (1982) by Ruy Guerra and the Cultural Forms of the Makonde Plateau / Raquel Schefer Schefer, Raquel 47

3 Clear Lines on an Internationalist Map; Foreign Filmmakers in Angola at Independence / Ros Gray Gray, Ros 65

4 The Many Returns to Wiriyamu: Audiovisual Testimony and the Negotiation of Colonial Violence / Robert Stock Stock, Robert 87

Part II The Fall of the Portuguese Empire: Foreign Gazes during the Cold War 109

5 'Rarely penetrated by camera or film': NBC's Angola: Journey to a War (1961) / Afonso Ramos Ramos, Afonso 111

6 The US and Portuguese Colonialism as Imagined through Television Drama / Rui Lopes Lopes, Rui 131

7 African Independence and the Socialist Republic of Romania's Photographic Archive / Iolanda Vasile Vasile, Iolanda 151

Part III Moving Images, Post-Colonial Representations and the Archive 171

8 Colonial Collection of the Portuguese Film Archive: Shot, Reverse Shot, Off-Screen / José Manuel Costa Costa, José Manuel 173

9 A Decolonizing Impulse: Artists in the Colonial and Post-Colonial Archive, Or the Boxes of Departing Settlers between Maputo, Luanda and Lisbon / Ana Balona De Oliveira Oliveira, Ana Balona De 185

10 In-Between Memory and History: Artists' Films and the Portuguese Colonial Archive / Teresa Castro Castro, Teresa 205

Part IV Rethinking (Post-)Colonial Narratives: Artistic Takes 225

11 Drawing and Undrawing my Genealogy / Daniel Barroca Barroca, Daniel 227

12 A Grin without Marker / Filipa César César, Filipa 247

13 Hotel Globo / Mónica De Miranda Miranda, Mónica De 261.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781787073180

1787073181

OCLC:

995175909

Publisher Number:

99972814692