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Meaninglessness : time, rhythm, and the undead in postcolonial cinema

Title
Meaninglessness : time, rhythm, and the undead in postcolonial cinema / Vlad Dima.
Author
Dima, Vlad
Publication
East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2022]

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Description
xxxii, 191 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
"Through the analysis of films like Mati Diop's Atlantics and Ladj Ly's Les Misérables, Meaninglessness is a study of meaning and meaninglessness through the figure of the undead, beginning with francophone sub-Saharan Africa and extending to postcolonial France"--
Series Statement
African humanities and the arts
Subject
  • Motion pictures > Africa > History
  • Motion pictures > France > History
  • Postcolonialism in motion pictures
  • Ghosts in motion pictures
  • Time in motion pictures
  • Motion pictures
  • Africa
  • France
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-183) and index.
Call Number
Sc D 22-750
ISBN
  • 9781611864380
  • 1611864380
LCCN
2021054404
OCLC
1287745136
Author
Dima, Vlad, author.
Title
Meaninglessness : time, rhythm, and the undead in postcolonial cinema / Vlad Dima.
Publisher
East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2022]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
African humanities and the arts
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-183) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc D 22-750
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