TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thompson,Katrina Daly
TI  - Zimbabwe's cinematic arts: language, power, identity
SN  - 9780253006561
AV  - PN1993 .Z563 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Bloomington, IN
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Zimbabwe --
KW  - Broadcasting Services Act
KW  - Motion pictures and television
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Zimbabwe
KW  - Mass media and language
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Motion picture industry
KW  - Foreign influences
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1980-
KW  - Zimbabwe. Broadcasting Services Act
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction: Cultural identity in discourse --; A crisis of representation --; Cinematic arts before the 2001 Broadcasting Services Act: two decades of trying to build a nation --; Authorship and identities: what makes a film "local"? --; Changing the channel: using the foreign to critique the local --; Power, citizenship, and local content: a critical reading of the Broadcasting Services Act --; Language as a form of social change: public debate in local languages --; Conclusion: Possibilities for democratic change. Broadcasting Services Act: two decades of trying to build a nation --; Authorship and identities: what makes a film "local"? --; Changing the channel: using the foreign to critique the local --; Power, citizenship, and local content: a critical reading of the Broadcasting Services Act --; Language as a form of social change: public debate in local languages --; Conclusion: Possibilities for democratic change; 2; b
N2  - This timely book reflects on discourses of identity that pervade local talk and texts in Zimbabwe, a nation beset by political and economic crisis. As she explores questions of culture that play out in broadly accessible local and foreign film and television, Katrina Daly Thompson shows how viewers interpret these media and how they impact everyday life, language use, and thinking about community. She offers a unique understanding of how media reflect and contribute to Zimbabwean culture, language, and ethnicity
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