South African National Cinema (National Cinemas),Maingard, Jacqu

Taylor & Francis

South African National CinemaAuthor(s): Jacqueline Maingard\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415216807, 978-0415216807\nSynopsis\nSouth African National Cinema examines how cinema in South Africa represents national identities, particularly with regard to race. This significant and unique contribution establishes interrelationships between South African cinema and key points in South Africas history, showing how cinema figures in the making, entrenching and undoing of apartheid. This study spans the twentieth century and beyond through detailed analyses of selected films, beginning with De Voortrekkers [tel] through to Mapantsula [tel] and films produced post apartheid, including Drum [tel], Tsotsi [tel] and Zulu Love Letter [tel].\n\nJacqueline Maingard discusses how cinema reproduced and constructed a white national identity, taking readers through cinemas role in building white Afrikaner nationalism in the 19.