Postcolonial Cinema
Postcolonial Cinema (or Post-Colonial Cinema ) is a term that is based on the literary discourse on Postcolonial Studies , but has not yet been clearly defined.
The French school starts out with the concept of post-colonial cinema from its colonies in Africa and how film developed after the independence of the countries. The postcolonial studies , however, go further and look at the ratio of imperial / hegemonic powers and the oppressed. Even the first spark of resistance belongs to the post-colonial movements.
In terms of cinema, this includes films by Satyajit Ray and Ousmane Sembène , which deal with history and one's own cultural memory . Important terms in postcolonial cinema include difference , place, migration , hybridity , nation , representation , language and history . Postcolonial cinema must be distinguished from third cinema and the term third world cinema . Postcolonial Cinema covers the areas of subaltern studies , cultural studies and the orientalism debate as well as the more recent studies on migration and cinema.
literature
- Christopher, Michael (2011) "A Bus to Postcoloniality. On the road with the TGV-Express", in: manycinemas 2, 68-81. Online at manycinemas.org , or as a pdf