Postcolonial Images: Studies in North African Film

by Roy Armes

Book Overview

Postcolonial Images is a comprehensive introduction to and resource for cinema of the Maghreb. In clear and accessible prose, Roy Armes examines the political and cultural context of the films and the film industry in the post-independence era. Since the birth of cinema, North Africa has been the site of countless European and U.S. film productions. This book, however, focuses on the postcolonial period, when indigenous filmmaking in each...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025321744X
• ISBN13: 9780253217448
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher