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Meaninglessness : Time, Rhythm, and the Undead in Postcolonial Cinema / Vlad Dima.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dima, Vlad, author.
- Series:
- African humanities and the arts.
- African Humanities and the Arts Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Africa--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--France--History.
- Postcolonialism in motion pictures.
- Ghosts in motion pictures.
- Time in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Through the analysis of films like Mati Diop's Atlantics and Ladj Ly's Les Misérables, Meaninglessness is a study of meaning and meaninglessness through the figure of the undead, beginning with francophone sub-Saharan Africa and extending to postcolonial France"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Meaning
- Chapter 2. Less
- Chapter 3. Ness
- Chapter 4. Meaninglessness
- Conclusion
- Filmography
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781628954760
- 1628954760
- 9781609177089
- 1609177088
- OCLC:
- 1336402321
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