Weaver - Hightower Rebecca (University Of North Dakota Usa)
Weaver - Hightower Rebecca (University Of North Dakota Usa) - Cinematic Settlers The Settler Colonial World In Film - Paperback
Weaver - Hightower Rebecca (University Of North Dakota Usa) - Cinematic Settlers The Settler Colonial World In Film - Paperback
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Description: This anthology adds to the burgeoning field of settler colonial studies by examining settler colonial narratives in the under analyzed medium of film. Cinematic Settlers discusses different cinematic genres national traditions and specific movies in order to expose related threads shared circulations of knowledge and paralleled representations. Organized into thematic groupings conquest settlers natives and space the contributors explore the question of how film compares to written genres and other visual media in representing and effecting settler colonialism on a global scale. Striving for inclusiveness the volume covers different eras and settler colonial situations in Australia New Zealand Taiwan Hawaii the American West Canada Latin America Russia France Algeria German Africa South Africa and even the next frontier: outer space. By showing how films offer layered contested and dynamic settler colonial narratives that advance and challenge settler hegemonic readings the essays enable students to better analyze and understand the complex history of diversity and colonialism in film. This book is important reading for undergraduate classes on the history of empire colonialism and film.
Title: Cinematic Settlers The Settler Colonial World In Film
Author(s): Weaver - Hightower Rebecca (University Of North Dakota Usa)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367503833
Pages: 218 Pages, 23 Halftones, Black And White
Publication Date: 7/27/2020
Category: Economic History
Description: This anthology adds to the burgeoning field of settler colonial studies by examining settler colonial narratives in the under analyzed medium of film. Cinematic Settlers discusses different cinematic genres national traditions and specific movies in order to expose related threads shared circulations of knowledge and paralleled representations. Organized into thematic groupings conquest settlers natives and space the contributors explore the question of how film compares to written genres and other visual media in representing and effecting settler colonialism on a global scale. Striving for inclusiveness the volume covers different eras and settler colonial situations in Australia New Zealand Taiwan Hawaii the American West Canada Latin America Russia France Algeria German Africa South Africa and even the next frontier: outer space. By showing how films offer layered contested and dynamic settler colonial narratives that advance and challenge settler hegemonic readings the essays enable students to better analyze and understand the complex history of diversity and colonialism in film. This book is important reading for undergraduate classes on the history of empire colonialism and film.
Title: Cinematic Settlers The Settler Colonial World In Film
Author(s): Weaver - Hightower Rebecca (University Of North Dakota Usa)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367503833
Pages: 218 Pages, 23 Halftones, Black And White
Publication Date: 7/27/2020
Category: Economic History
