Trash

Download or Read eBook Trash PDF written by Kenneth W. Harrow and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Trash
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 527
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ISBN-10 : 9780253007575
ISBN-13 : 0253007577
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Book Synopsis Trash by : Kenneth W. Harrow

Book excerpt: An “engaging” study of trash as a metaphor in contemporary African cinema (African Studies Review). Highlighting what is melodramatic, flashy, low, and gritty in the characters, images, and plots of African cinema, Kenneth W. Harrow uses trash as the unlikely metaphor to show how these films have depicted the globalized world. Rather than focusing on topics such as national liberation and postcolonialism, he employs the disruptive notion of trash to propose a destabilizing aesthetics of African cinema. Harrow argues that the spread of commodity capitalism has bred a culture of materiality and waste that now pervades African film. He posits that a view from below permits a way to understand the tropes of trash present in African cinematic imagery.


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