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Sonic space in Djibril Diop Mambety's films
- Title
- Sonic space in Djibril Diop Mambety's films / Vlad Dima.
- Author
- Dima, Vlad
- Publication
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2017]
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Details
- Description
- ix, 232 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- The art of Senegalese director Djibril Diop Mambety's cinema lies in the tension created between the visual narrative and the aural narrative. His work has been considered hugely influential, and his films bridge Western practices of filmmaking and oral traditions from West Africa. Mambety's film Touki Bouki is considered one of the foundational works of African cinema. Vlad Dima proposes a new reading of Mambety's entire filmography from the perspective of sound. Following recent analytical patterns in film studies that challenge the primacy of the visual, Dima claims that Mambety uses voices, noise, and silence as narrative tools that generate their own stories and sonic spaces. By turning an ear to cinema, Dima pushes African aesthetics to the foreground of artistic creativity and focuses on the critical importance of sound in world cinema.
- Series Statement
- African expressive cultures
- Uniform Title
- African expressive cultures.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- In filmography.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-223), filmography: pages 225-226, and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: aural contexts -- Aural space and the sonic rack focus in Touki Bouki -- Flaneur, geography, and camera-flaneur in Badou boy and Contras' city -- Trauma and zombie narratives in Hyenes -- Voice(s) in Le franc and La petite vendeuse de soleil -- Gallery of film stills -- Conclusion: current contexts and legacies.
- Call Number
- Sc E 17-320
- ISBN
- 9780253024213
- 0253024218
- 9780253024268
- 0253024269
- LCCN
- 2016025320
- OCLC
- 949750341
- Author
- Dima, Vlad, author.
- Title
- Sonic space in Djibril Diop Mambety's films / Vlad Dima.
- Publisher
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- African expressive culturesAfrican expressive cultures.
- Bibliography
- In filmography.Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-223), filmography: pages 225-226, and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 17-320