Zimbabwe's cinematic arts : language, power, identity /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Thompson, Katrina Daly, 1975-
Imprint:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2013.
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Subject:	Zimbabwe. -- Broadcasting Services Act. Motion pictures and television -- Social aspects -- Zimbabwe. Mass media and language -- Political aspects -- Zimbabwe. Motion picture industry -- Zimbabwe -- Foreign influences. Motion picture industry -- Foreign influences Social conditions. Zimbabwe -- Social conditions -- 1980- Zimbabwe
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8961311

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ISBN:	0253006562 (electronic bk.) 9780253006561 (electronic bk.) 9780253006462 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253006465 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780253006516 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0253006511 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references ( p. [205]-220) and index. Description based on print version record.
Other form:	Original 9780253006462 0253006465 9780253006516 0253006511 0253006562

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Cultural identity in discourse
A crisis of representation
Cinematic arts before the 2001 Broadcasting Services Act: two decades of trying to build a nation
Authorship and identities: what makes a film "local"?
Changing the channel: using the foreign to critique the local
Power, citizenship, and local content: a critical reading of the Broadcasting Services Act
Language as a form of social change: public debate in local languages
Conclusion: Possibilities for democratic change.

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