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Author MacLeod, George S., author.

Title Mediating violence from Africa : francophone literature, film, and testimony after the Cold War / George S. MacLeod
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
©2023

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Description 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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 Vénuste Kayimahe's Marginalizations in Discussions of "Rwanda: Writing as a Duty to Remember"
Summary ""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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost platform, viewed October 13, 2023)
Subject Violence in motion pictures.
Violence in literature.
Motion pictures, African -- History and criticism
African literature (French) -- History and criticism
HISTORY / Africa / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
Violence in motion pictures
Violence in literature
Motion pictures, African
Mass media
African literature (French)
SUBJECT Africa -- In mass media. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001715
Subject Africa
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Film criticism.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2023001770
ISBN 9781496237255
1496237250
9781496237262
1496237269