Mediating violence from Africa : francophone literature, film, and testimony after the Cold War / George MacLeod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacLeod, George, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature (French)--History and criticism.

African literature (French).

Motion pictures, African--History and criticism.

Motion pictures, African.

Violence in literature.

Violence in motion pictures.

Africa--In mass media.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]

Summary:

""Mediating Violence from Africa" examines how both African and non-African French-speaking authors, filmmakers, editors, and scholars have packaged, interpreted, and filmed the violent histories of post-Cold War Francophone Africa"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Notes on Sources and Translations

Introduction: Iconic Figures and Post-Cold War Mediations

1. Using the Child Soldier

2. Filming Terrorists, Filming Timbuktu

3. Rwanda's Tutsi Survivors

4. The Celebrity Humanitarian Ally

Conclusion: Mediating Violence from Africa in the Post-Post-Cold War Period

Appendix: Data Visualization of Vénuste Kayimahe's Marginalizations in Discussions of "Rwanda: Writing as a Duty to Remember"

Notes

Bibliography

Filmography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781496237255

1496237250

9781496237262

1496237269

OCLC:

1396699683