James Waller

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Visions of the Desert: (Re)-Imagining the Nation in Postcolonial North African Film
Price: Free! Words: 15,390. Language: English. Published: April 28, 2014 . Categories: Essay » Political, Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » World politics
a critical analysis of the ways in which the contemporary idea of 'nation' is imagined by way of cinematic text. Using the films of african film auteurs abderahmanne sissako and mahamat saleh haroun as primary examples, this text looks at how we can articulate our identities in a fragmented, globalised world.

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africa politics    chad    cinema    cultural politics    desert    francophone    globalisation    identity    mali    nation    politics    sahara desert    sahel