| The History of Sub-Saharan African Literatures on Film Contributor(s): Hanaburgh, Sara (Editor), Semenza, Greg M. Colón (Editor), Hasenfratz, Bob (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1501330837 ISBN-13: 9781501330834 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $142.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2025 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of August 21, 2025 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Literary Criticism |
| Physical Information: 304 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This comprehensive history of cinematic adaptations of sub-Saharan African literatures analyzes social, economic and political factors that influenced the film versions of texts across a wide range of genres from 1896 to the present. Cinematic adaptations of sub-Saharan African literatures draw from a wide range of genres from West African folktales to Zulu legends, from Hausa popular literature to graphic novels or war narratives. To date there has not been a more comprehensive study concerned with the question of adaptation of African literature and oral traditions to the screen. The contributors examine how adaptations of African literatures-in their multilingual and multicultural contexts-mirror trends and transitions in the region's literary and, particularly, cinematic histories. Instead of focusing on a particular filmmaker or relying on case studies, analyses depart from the notion that sub-Saharan African cinematic adaptations are deeply influenced by historical moments and political and economic transitions. |