Sensational Movies

Sensational Movies
Author :
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 402
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780520287679
ISBN-13 : 0520287673
Rating : 4/5 (673 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Sensational Movies by : Birgit Meyer

Download or read book Sensational Movies written by Birgit Meyer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-10-16 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the rise and development of the Ghanaian video film industry between 1985 and 2010, Sensational Movies examines video movies as seismographic devices recording a culture and society in turmoil. This book captures the dynamic process of popular filmmaking in Ghana as a new medium for the imagination and tracks the interlacing of the mediumÕs technological, economic, social, cultural, and religious aspects. Stepping into the void left by the defunct state film industry, video movies negotiate the imaginaries deployed by state cinema on the one hand and Christianity on the other. Birgit Meyer analyzes Ghanaian video as a powerful, sensational form. Colliding with the state film industryÕs representations of culture, these movies are indebted to religious notions of divination and revelation. Exploring the format of Òfilm as revelation,Ó Meyer unpacks the affinity between cinematic and popular Christian modes of looking and showcases the transgressive potential haunting figurations of the occult. In this brilliant study, Meyer offers a deep, conceptually innovative analysis of the role of visual culture within the politics and aesthetics of religious world making.


Sensational Movies Related Books

Sensational Movies
Language: en
Pages: 402
Authors: Birgit Meyer
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-16 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Tracing the rise and development of the Ghanaian video film industry between 1985 and 2010, Sensational Movies examines video movies as seismographic devices re
Swedish Sensationsfilms
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Daniel Ekeroth
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Bazillion Points LLC

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

By and large, Sweden's place in film history is secure and prominent. Swedish films are associated with Ingmar Bergman's successful and high-quality works. Howe
Cinema and Sensation
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: Martine Beugnet
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: SIU Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Cinema and Sensation: " "French Film and the Art of Transgression" looks at a much-debated phenomenon in contemporary cinema: the reemergence of filmmaking pra
Sensational Movie Monologues
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Robert Cettl
Categories: Monologues
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-03 - Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The 50 monologues collected in this book represent the scope of its potential: from the dramatic, political, feminist to the comical, emotional and fantastical.
The Man Who Made Movies
Language: en
Pages: 713
Authors: Paul Spehr
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-11-17 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The story of W.K.L. Dickson—assistant to Edison, inventor, and key figure in early cinematography: “Valuable and comprehensive.” —Communication Booknote