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MacLeod, George S.,

Mediating violence from Africa : francophone literature, film, and testimony after the Cold War / George S. MacLeod. - 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Introduction: Iconic Figures and Post-Cold War Mediations -- 1. Using the Child Soldier -- 2. Filming Terrorists, Filming Timbuktu -- 3. Rwanda's Tutsi Survivors -- 4. The Celebrity Humanitarian Ally -- Conclusion: Mediating Violence from Africa in the Post-Post-Cold War Period -- Appendix: Data Visualization of V�enuste Kayimahe's Marginalizations in Discussions of "Rwanda: Writing as a Duty to Remember".

""Mediating Violence from Africa" examines how both African and non-African French-speaking authors, filmmakers, editors, and scholars have packaged, interpreted, and filmed the violent histories of post-Cold War Francophone Africa"--

ISBN: 9781496237255 1496237250 9781496237262 1496237269

Source: 22573/cats6589730 JSTOR

LCCN:

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Violence in motion pictures.
Violence in literature.
Motion pictures, African--History and criticism.
African literature (French)--History and criticism.
Violence au cin�ema.
Violence dans la litt�erature.
Litt�erature africaine (fran�caise)--Histoire et critique.
HISTORY / Africa / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
Violence in motion pictures
Violence in literature
Motion pictures, African
Mass media
African literature (French)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa--In mass media.
Afrique--Dans les m�edias.
Africa

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Film criticism.

LC Class. No.: PQ3980.5

Dewey Class. No.: 840.996