Postcolonial Cinema Studies

This collection of essays foregrounds the work of filmmakers in theorizing and comparing postcolonial conditions, recasting debates in both cinema and postcolonial studies. Postcolonial cinema is presented, not as a rigid category, but as an optic through which to address questions of postcolonial historiography, geography, subjectivity, and epistemology. Current circumstances of migration and immigration, militarization, economic exploitation, racial and religious conflict, enactments of citizenship, and cultural self-representation have deep roots in colonial/postcolonial/neocolonial histories. Contributors deeply engage the tense asymmetries bequeathed to the contemporary world by the multiple,diverse, and overlapping histories of European, Soviet, U.S., and multi-national imperial ventures. With interdisciplinary expertise, they discover and explore the conceptual temporalities and spatialities of postcoloniality, with an emphasis on the politics of form, the 'postcolonial aesthetics' through which filmmakers challenge themselves and their viewers to move beyond national and imperial imaginaries. Contributors include: Jude G. Akudinobi, Kanika Batra, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Shohini Chaudhuri, Julie F. Codell, Sabine Doran, Hamish Ford, Claudia Hoffmann, Anikó Imre, Priya Jaikumar, Mariam B. Lam, Paulo de Medeiros, Sandra Ponzanesi, Richard Rice, Mireille Rosello and Marguerite Waller. Cover Postcolonial Cinema Studies Copyright Contents Figures Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Part I : Cinemas of empire Introduction to Part I Chapter 1: Italian Fascism’s empire cinema: Kif Tebbi, the conquest of Libya, and the assault on the nomadic Chapter 2: Blackface, faciality, and colony nostalgia in 1930s empire films Chapter 3: The socialist historical film Part II : Postcolonial cinemas: Unframing histories Introduction to Part II Chapter 4: From otherness “over there” to virtual presence: Camp de Thiaroye – The Battle of Algiers – Hidden Chapter 5: Fraught frames: Fatima, L’Algérienne de Dakar and postcolonial quandaries Chapter 6: Postcolonial relationalities in Philippe Faucon’s Dans la vie Chapter 7: The postcolonial condition of “Indochinese” cinema from Việt Nam, Cambodia, and Laos Part III : Postcolonial cinemas: postcolonial aesthetics Introduction to Part III Chapter 8: Spectral postcoloniality: Lusophone postcolonial film and the imaginary of the nation Chapter 9: The aesthetics of postcolonial cinema in Raul Ruiz’s Three Crowns of the Sailor Chapter 10: The postcolonial circus: Maurizio Nichetti’s Luna e l’altra Chapter 11: Postcolonial adaptations: gained and lost in translation Part IV : Postcolonial cinemas and globalization Introduction to Part IV Chapter 12: Unpeople: postcolonial reflections on terror, torture and detention in Children of Men Chapter 13: Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding and the transcoded audiologic of postcolonial convergence Chapter 14: Nollywood in transit: The globalization of Nigerian video culture Chapter 15: Postface: An interview with Priya Jaikumar Index Introduction / Sandra Ponzanesi And Marguerite Waller -- Cinemas Of Empire. Italian Fascism's Empire Cinema: Kif Tebbi, The Conquest Of Libya, And The Assault On The Nomadic / Ruth Ben-ghiat -- Blackface, Faciality, And Colony Nostalgia In 1930s Empire Films / Julie Codell -- The Socialist Historical Film: Nested Orientalisms / Anikó Imre -- Postcolonial Cinemas: Unframing Histories. From Over There To Inside: Camp De Thiaroye, The Battle Of Algiers And Hidden / Hamish Ford -- Fraught Frames: Fatima, L'algérienne De Dakar And Postcolonial Quandaries / Jude Akudinobi -- Postcolonial Relationalities: Toulon, Oran, Mecca, And Palestine: Philippe Faucon's Dans La Vie / Mireille Rosello -- The Postcolonial Condition Of Indochinese Cinema From Viet Nam, Cambodia And Laos / Mariam B. Lam -- Postcolonial Cinemas: Aesthetics. Spectral Postcoloniality: Lusophone Postcolonial Film And The Imaginary Of The Nation / Paulo De Medeiros -- The Aesthetics Of Postcolonial Cinema In Raul Ruiz's Three Crowns Of The Sailor / Sabine Doran -- The Postcolonial Circus: Maurizio Nichetti's Luna E L'altra / Marguerite Waller -- Postcolonial Adaptations: Gained And Lost In Translation / Sandra Ponzanesi -- Postcolonial Ciinemas And Globalization -- Postcolonial Cinemas And Globalization. Edited By Sandra Ponzanesi And Marguerite Waller. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.