Francophone Film A Struggle for Identity

by Spaas, Lieve

• ISBN13: 9780719058615
• ISBN10: 0719058619
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Oxford

Summary

Covering the rich film production of Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, the Caribbean, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa, this book brings together films that might otherwise be divided by questions of race, gender, genre, period, or nation, in a valuable comparative study of a diverse corpus. Individual countries, film-makers, and films are treated separately in order to emphasize their specific identities or those which are represented in their films, and key films are examined within a well-developed historical context. Clearly written and accessible to the specialist and general reader alike, this informative book is a valuable reference source.

Author Biography

Lieve Spaas is Professor of French Cultural Studies at Kingston University.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	viii
Preface	x
Acknowledgements	xi
Abbreviations	xiii
Introduction: Francophonia and identity	1	(4)
I Europe	5	(56)
Belgium	7	(37)
Switzerland	44	(17)
II North America and the Caribbean	61	(66)
Quebec	63	(53)
Guadeloupe and Martinique	116	(8)
Haiti	124	(3)
III Africa	127	(123)
Algeria	133	(15)
Morocco	148	(6)
Tunisia	154	(18)
Senegal	172	(19)
Mali	191	(18)
Mauritania	209	(6)
Niger	215	(3)
Cote d'Ivoire	218	(6)
Guinea	224	(2)
Cameroon	226	(6)
Burkina Faso	232	(15)
Democratic Republic of the Congo	247	(3)
Conclusion	250	(1)
French quotations	251	(4)
Filmography	255	(24)
Bibliography	279	(4)
Index	283