Africa on film : beyond black and white /
From serious social commentary to outrageous camp, from Cry, the Beloved Country to Tarzan and Jungle Queen, American and British films have gone to Africa, either in spirit or reality, to find the treasures that lie there. More than four hundred films have been made about (or in) Africa in the Engl...
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| Formaat: | Boek |
| Taal: | English |
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New York :
Continuum,
1994.
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Inhoudsopgave:
- Pt. 1. The Beginnings. 1. The White Queen and the Hunter. 2. The Aristocrat of the Treetops. 3. Real Africa - But Not Really
- Pt. 2. To the Eve of Independence. 4. Pillars of Empire. 5. Black Eve, White Grave. 6. That's Africa for You! - Comedy Before 1950. 7. The African Returner
- Pt. 3. From Independence to the Nineties. 8. The Dangerous Africans. 9. The Helper, the Simp, and the Oaf. 10. Good Losers, Bad Winners. 11. Freedom Now! 12. Sighing for Yesterday
- Pt. 4. Beyond Black and White
- 13. Conclusions
- Appendix Table 1: British and American Films by Decade
- Appendix Table 2: American Jungle Films by Decade.