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Thompson, Katrina Daly, 1975-

Zimbabwe's cinematic arts language, power, identity / [electronic resource] : Katrina Daly Thompson. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (256 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Cultural identity in discourse -- A crisis of representation -- Cinematic arts before the 2001 Broadcasting Services Act: two decades of trying to build a nation -- Authorship and identities: what makes a film "local"? -- Changing the channel: using the foreign to critique the local -- Power, citizenship, and local content: a critical reading of the Broadcasting Services Act -- Language as a form of social change: public debate in local languages -- Conclusion: Possibilities for democratic change.

ISBN: 9780253006561 0253006562

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Zimbabwe. Broadcasting Services Act.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Motion picture industry--Foreign influences.--Zimbabwe
Mass media and language--Political aspects--Zimbabwe.
Motion pictures and television--Social aspects--Zimbabwe.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Zimbabwe--Social conditions--1980-

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN1993.5.Z55 / T48 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/096891