Rethinking Third Cinema

This Important Anthology Addresses Established Notions About Third Cinema Theory, And The Cinema Practice Of Developing And Postcolonial Nations. The 'third Cinema' Movement Called For A Politicised Film-making Practice In Africa, Asia And Latin America, One Which Would Take On Board Issues Of Race, Class, Religion, And National Integrity. The Films Which Resulted From The Movement, From Directors Such As Ousmane Sembene, Satyajit Ray And Nelson Pereira Dos Santos, Are Among The Most Culturally Signficant, Politically Sophisticated And Frequently Studied Films Of The 1960s And 1970s. However, Despite The Contemporary Popularity And Critical Attention Enjoyed By Films From Asia And Latin America In Particular, Third Cinema And Third Cinema Theory Appears To Have Lost Its Momentum. Rethinking Third Cinema Seeks To Bring Third Cinema And Third Cinema Theory Back Into The Critical Spotlight. The Contributors Address The Most Difficult And Challenging Questions Third Cinema Poses, Suggesting New Methodologies And Redirections Of Existing Ones. Crucially, They Also Re-examine The Entire Phenomenon Of Film-making In A Fast-vanishing 'third World', With Case Studies Of The Cinemas Of India, Iran And Hong Kong, Among Others. Content: Introduction: rethinking Third Cinema / Anthony R. Guneratne -- PART I. THIRD CINEMA THEORY AND BEYOND -- Beyond Third Cinema: the aesthetics of hybridity / Robert Stam -- PART II. CHALLENGING THIRD WORLD LEGACIES: ISSUES OF GENDER, CULTURE, AND REPRESENTATION -- Post-third worldist culture: gender, nation, and the cinema / Ella Shohat -- The erotics of history: gender and trangression in the new Asian cinemas / Sumita S. Chakravarty -- PART III. ALTERNATIVE CINEMA IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION -- Authorship, globalization, and the new identity of Latin American cinema: from the Mexican "ranchera" to Argentinian "exile" / Marvin D'Lugo -- Video booms and the manifestations of "first" cinema in anglophone Africa / N. Frank Ukadike -- PART IV. THE RELOCATION OF CULTURE: SOCIAL SPECIFICITY AND THE "THIRD" QUESTION -- What's "oppositional" in Indonesian cinema? / Krishna Sen -- The seductions of homecoming: place, authenticity, and Chen Kaige's Temptress moon / Rey Chow -- PART V. RECEIVING/RETRIEVING THIRD (WORLD) CINEMA: ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO SPECTATOR STUDIES AND CRITICAL HISTORY -- Theorizing "Third World" film spectatorship: the case of Iran and Iranian cinema / Hamid Naficy -- Rethinking Indian popular cinema: towards newer frames of understanding / Wimal Dissanayake. The 'Third Cinema' movement called for a politicized film-making in Africa, Asia and Latin America which would address issues of race, class, religion, and national integrity. This anthology addresses notions about Third Cinema theory, and the cinema practice of developing and postcolonial nations