Sydafrikansk film som national cinema : En jämförande analys av ett forskningsfält

The purpose of this essay is to study the film culture in South Africa in a national cinema-context, focusing on the relationship between anti-apartheid film from 1974-1994 and the film in South Africa today. By pitching the South Africa-specific works of Lucia Saks and Jacqueline Maingard against t...

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Main Author: Bergenwall, Peder
Format: Others
Language:Swedish
Published: Örebro universitet, Akademin för humaniora, utbildning och samhällsvetenskap 2011
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-oru-140592013-01-08T13:29:58ZSydafrikansk film som national cinema : En jämförande analys av ett forskningsfältsweBergenwall, PederÖrebro universitet, Akademin för humaniora, utbildning och samhällsvetenskap2011national cinemanationSouth Africadocumentaryshort filmnationell filmnationSydafrikadokumentärkortfilmFilmFilmvetenskapThe purpose of this essay is to study the film culture in South Africa in a national cinema-context, focusing on the relationship between anti-apartheid film from 1974-1994 and the film in South Africa today. By pitching the South Africa-specific works of Lucia Saks and Jacqueline Maingard against the over-arching debate on national cinema as formulated by, amongst others, Stephen Crofts and Andrew Higson, this study aims to find whether or not a specific South African national cinema have existed, and exists today, or not. The study finds that an underground culture of documentaries and short films made by and for the black population has been in place since the apartheid, and the distribution method on video and television is still being used to reach the black population today. By re-examining the concepts of both the national, and of national cinema to also include film on video and television, the study shows that South Africa has indeed a film culture that can be called a national cinema. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-14059application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic national cinema
nation
South Africa
documentary
short film
nationell film
nation
Sydafrika
dokumentär
kortfilm
Film
Filmvetenskap
spellingShingle national cinema
nation
South Africa
documentary
short film
nationell film
nation
Sydafrika
dokumentär
kortfilm
Film
Filmvetenskap
Bergenwall, Peder
Sydafrikansk film som national cinema : En jämförande analys av ett forskningsfält
description The purpose of this essay is to study the film culture in South Africa in a national cinema-context, focusing on the relationship between anti-apartheid film from 1974-1994 and the film in South Africa today. By pitching the South Africa-specific works of Lucia Saks and Jacqueline Maingard against the over-arching debate on national cinema as formulated by, amongst others, Stephen Crofts and Andrew Higson, this study aims to find whether or not a specific South African national cinema have existed, and exists today, or not. The study finds that an underground culture of documentaries and short films made by and for the black population has been in place since the apartheid, and the distribution method on video and television is still being used to reach the black population today. By re-examining the concepts of both the national, and of national cinema to also include film on video and television, the study shows that South Africa has indeed a film culture that can be called a national cinema.
author Bergenwall, Peder
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title Sydafrikansk film som national cinema : En jämförande analys av ett forskningsfält
title_short Sydafrikansk film som national cinema : En jämförande analys av ett forskningsfält
title_full Sydafrikansk film som national cinema : En jämförande analys av ett forskningsfält
title_fullStr Sydafrikansk film som national cinema : En jämförande analys av ett forskningsfält
title_full_unstemmed Sydafrikansk film som national cinema : En jämförande analys av ett forskningsfält
title_sort sydafrikansk film som national cinema : en jämförande analys av ett forskningsfält
publisher Örebro universitet, Akademin för humaniora, utbildning och samhällsvetenskap
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