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The beautiful skin : football, fantasy, and cinematic bodies in Africa

Title
The beautiful skin : football, fantasy, and cinematic bodies in Africa / Vlad Dima.
Author
Dima, Vlad
Publication
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2020]

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Description
x, 249 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 23 cm.
Summary
"By focusing on the metaphor of skin, this study investigates representations of football, fantasy, and body in African cinema and other art forms in order to reconsider neocolonial issues of identity and subjectivity"--
Series Statement
African humanities and the arts
Uniform Title
African humanities and the arts.
Subject
  • Motion pictures > Africa > History
  • Soccer in motion pictures
  • Soccer films
  • Human body in motion pictures
  • Motion pictures
  • Africa
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes filmography ( pages 229-231) bibliographical references (pages 233-244), and index.
Contents
Pre-game, also known as Introduction -- The Beautiful Fantasy -- The Beautiful Game -- The Beautiful Skin -- Extra-time, also known as Conclusion
Call Number
Sc E 21-1500
ISBN
  • 9781611863703
  • 1611863708
LCCN
2019049227
OCLC
1126348462
Author
Dima, Vlad, author.
Title
The beautiful skin : football, fantasy, and cinematic bodies in Africa / Vlad Dima.
Publisher
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2020]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
African humanities and the arts
African humanities and the arts.
Bibliography
Includes filmography ( pages 229-231) bibliographical references (pages 233-244), and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 21-1500
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