Black Film as a Signifying Practice
Author | : Gladstone Lloyd Yearwood |
Publisher | : Africa Research and Publications |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015066083778 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Black Film as a Signifying Practice written by Gladstone Lloyd Yearwood and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines the way black filmmakers use expressive forms and systems of signification that reflect the cultural and historical priorities of the black experience. It delineates how the African-American expressive tradition utilizes its own vernacular space and time of story telling in the cinema and how black film narration draws on the formal structures of black experience to organize story material."--BOOK JACKET.