Rethinking Third Cinema by Anthony Guneratne (English) Paperback Book

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The "Third Cinema" movement called for a politicised 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.

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This important anthology addresses established notions of Third Cinema theory, and the cinema pratice 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 movemnet, from directors such as Ousmane Sembene, Satyajit Ray and Nelson Pereira dos Santos, are among the most culturally significant, 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 the critical spotlight.The contributors not only address the most difficult and challenging questions Third Cinema posed and continues to pose, suggesting new methodologies and redirections of existing ones, but also reread 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. Sumita Chakravarty, Rey Chow, Wimal Dissanayake, Marvin D'Lugo, Krishna Sen, Ella Shohat, Robert Stam, Frank Ukadike

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This important anthology addresses established notions of Third Cinema theory, and the cinema pratice 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 movemnet, from directors such as Ousmane Sembene, Satyajit Ray and Nelson Pereira dos Santos, are among the most culturally significant, 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 the critical spotlight. The contributors not only address the most difficult and challenging questions Third Cinema posed and continues to pose, suggesting new methodologies and redirections of existing ones, but also reread 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.

Author Biography

Anthony Guneratne teaches film, media and visual culture at Florida Atlantic University and is presently a visiting scholar in Harvard University's Department of English. He has written on the literature and films of postcoloniality and on various topics in Indian and Singaporean cinema. His book, Cinehistory: The Representation of Reality in Documentaryand Narrative Cinema is due to be oublished shortly.

Table of Contents

Introduction Rethinking Third Cinema. Anthony R. Guneratne Third Cinema Theory and Beyond Beyond Third Cinema: The Aesthetics of Hybridity Robert Stam Challenging Third World Legacies: Issues of Gender, Culture and Representation Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures Ella Shohat The Erotics of History: Gender and Transgression in the New Asian Cinemas Sumita Chakravarty Alternative Cinemas in the Age of Globalization Authorship, Globalization and the New Identity Politics 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 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 Receiving/Retrieving Third (World) Cinema: Alternative Approaches to Spectator Studies and Critical History Theorizing 'Third World' Spectatorship - The Case of Iran and Iranian Cinema Hamid Naficy Rethinking Indian Popular Cinema: Towards Newer Frames of Understanding Wimal Dissanayake

Details ISBN0415213541 Short Title RETHINKING THIRD CINEMA Language English ISBN-10 0415213541 ISBN-13 9780415213547 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2003 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Anthony Guneratne Illustrations 20ill. Author Wimal Dissanayake Edition 1st DOI 10.1604/9780415213547 UK Release Date 2003-06-26 AU Release Date 2003-06-26 NZ Release Date 2003-06-26 Pages 256 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2003-06-26 Alternative 9780415213530 DEWEY 791.43091724 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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