{"product_id":"postcolonial-film-9781138548497","title":"Postcolonial Film","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePostcolonial Film: History, Empire, Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e examines films of the later twentieth and early twenty-first centuries from postcolonial countries around the globe. In the mid twentieth century, the political reality of resistance and decolonization lead to the creation of dozens of new states, forming a backdrop to films of that period. Towards the century's end and at the dawn of the new millennium, film continues to form a site for interrogating colonization and decolonization, though against a backdrop that is now more neo-colonial than colonial and more culturally imperial than imperial. This volume explores how individual films emerged from and commented on postcolonial spaces and the building and breaking down of the European empire. Each chapter is a case study examining how a particular film from a postcolonial nation emerges from and reflects that nation's unique postcolonial situation. This analysis of one nation's struggle with its coloniality allows each essay t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This volume of essays brilliantly creates the groundwork for a truly international discussion. Film and its centrality to the ongoing colonial and postcolonial debates in and between countries across the globe is its focus. The many scholarly and accessible essays here will open readers’ eyes to the truly global reach of film, and to the urgency of creating equitable postcolonial cultures.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003ci\u003eLyn McCredden, Deakin University, Australia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This collection of essays engages with traditional discourses in postcolonial studies in the light of recent developments pertaining to globalization, a post-9\/11 security planet, Islamic terrorism, infra-nationalisms, and intense nomadism of populations. It is long awaited.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003ci\u003eAnustup Basu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: New Perspectives on Postcolonial Film \u003ci\u003eRebecca Weaver-Hightower \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: New Readings of Twentieth Century Anti-Colonial Resistance Narratives\u003c\/b\u003e 1. Yesterday’s Mujahiddin: Gillo Pontecorvo’s \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of Algiers\u003c\/i\u003e (1966) \u003ci\u003eNicholas Harrison\u003c\/i\u003e 2. The Sound of Broken Memory: Assia Djebar’s \u003ci\u003eThe Nuba of the Women of Mount Chenoua\u003c\/i\u003e (1977) \u003ci\u003eSarah E. Mosher\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Approximate Others: Peter Weir’s \u003ci\u003eThe Last Wave\u003c\/i\u003e (1977)\u003ci\u003e Jerod Ra’Del Hollyfield \u003c\/i\u003e4. Life as an Ocean: Hou Hsiao-hsien’s \u003ci\u003eThe Puppetmaster\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) \u003ci\u003eStephen Spence\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II: Millennial Tropes of NeoEmpire \u003c\/b\u003e5. Shifting Sands, Imaginary Space, and National Identity: Cédric Klapisch’s \u003ci\u003ePeut-être\u003c\/i\u003e (1999) \u003ci\u003eJehanne-Marie Gavarini\u003c\/i\u003e 6. No Chains on Feet or Mind: Jean-Claude Flamand Barny’s \u003ci\u003eNèg Maron\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) \u003ci\u003eMeredith Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e 7. A Cinema of Conviviality: Ray Lawrence’s \u003ci\u003eJindabyne\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) \u003ci\u003eCorinn Columpar \u003c\/i\u003e8. Déjà vu All Over Again: Guy Maddin’s \u003ci\u003eMy Winnipeg\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) \u003ci\u003eCynthia Sugars\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III: New Imaginations of Neo-Postcolonialism\u003c\/b\u003e 9. Identity and The Politics of Space: Fatih Akin’s\u003ci\u003e The Edge of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) \u003ci\u003eVuslat Demirkoparan\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Space and Cultural Memory: Te-Shen Wei’s \u003ci\u003eCape No.7\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) \u003ci\u003eYu-wen Fu\u003c\/i\u003e 11. The Postcolonial Hybrid: Neill Blomkamp’s \u003ci\u003eDistrict 9\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) \u003ci\u003eRebecca Weaver-Hightower\u003c\/i\u003e 12. The Marginal Interventionist Cinema of Budhan Theatre: Dakxin Bajrange Chhara’s \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Water \u003c\/i\u003e(2008\/2010) \u003ci\u003eHenry Schwarz\u003c\/i\u003e 13. Afterword: History, Empire, Resistance \u003ci\u003eElla Shohat and Robert Stam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019498651991,"sku":"9781138548497","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138548497.jpg?v=1750780450","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/postcolonial-film-9781138548497","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}