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Narratives Crossing Boundaries: Storytelling in a Transmedial and Transdisciplinary Context
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2023), 280 pp.
"As the dominant narrative forms in the age of media convergence, films and games call for a transmedial perspective in narratology. Games allow a participatory reception of the story, bringing the transgression of the ontological boundary between the narrated world and the world of the recipient in
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Mujer, diversidad y cine en Colombia: Perspectivas de género e imágenes de la mujer en el siglo XXI
Bogotá: Editorial Universidad del Rosario (2023), xv, 381 pp.
"La representación de la mujer en el cine de Colombia ha tendido a estar asociada a nociones de sumisión, victimización o sexualización, sugiriendo una cierta uniformidad, invisibilidad y repetición acerca de su existencia social y cinematográfica. A pesar de esta complejidad cultural e histó
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The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Communication
London; New York: Routledge (2021), xxvi, 686 pp.
"Comprising 39 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into six general themes: Gendered identities; Visualizing gender; The politics of gender; Gendered contexts and strategies; Gendered violence and communication; Gendered advocacy in action These sections examine
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Allegory in Iranian Cinema: The Aesthetics of Poetry and Resistance
London: Bloomsbury Academic (2019), xiv, 282 pp.
"Iranian filmmakers have long been recognised for creating a vibrant, aesthetically rich cinema whilst working under strict state censorship regulations. As Michelle Langford reveals, many have found indirect, allegorical ways of expressing forbidden topics and issues in their films. But for many, a
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Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty
London: Bloomsbury (2019), xii, 364 pp.
"Since the beginnings of African cinema, the realm of beauty on screen has been treated with suspicion by directors and critics alike. James S. Williams explores an exciting new generation of African directors, including Abderrahmane Sissako, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Fanta Regina Nacro, Alain Gomis, Ne
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Human Rights, Social Movements and Activism in Contemporary Latin American Cinema
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xi, 265 pp.
"[This book] reflects on the extent to which films can play an active role in denouncing human rights abuses and exposing the struggle for visibility of different social movements and minorities. This collection explores Latin American cinema’s representations of human rights violators and oppress
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Women's Cinema, World Cinema: Projecting Contemporary Feminisms
Durham: Duke University Press (2015), ix, 270 pp.
Gaze Regimes: Film and Feminisms in Africa
Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2015), xxxiv, 229 pp.
"Gaze Regimes is a bricolage of essays and interviews showcasing the experiences of women working in film, either directly as practitioners or in other areas such as curators, festival programme directors or fundraisers. It does not shy away from questioning the relations of power in the practice of
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Movie-mientos II: Der lateinamerikanische Film in Zeiten globaler Umbrüche
Stuttgart: Schmetterling-Verlag (2009), 152 pp.
"Seit Erscheinen des Buches «Movie-mientos. Der lateinamerikanische Film: Streiflichter von unterwegs» im Jahre 2000 hat sich viel getan in der lateinamerikanischen Filmszene: Parallel zur Wirtschaftskrise, die Länder wie Argentinien durchmachten, erlebte das dortige Kino trotz finanzieller EngpÃ
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The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film
London: Continuum (2009), x, 426 pp.
Africa Shoots Back: Alternative Perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone African Film
Bloomington; Oxford: Indiana University Press; James Currey Publishers (2003), viii, 230 pp.
Würde oder das Geheimnis eines Lächelns: Frauen-Film-Kultur in der Sowjetunion
Zürich: eFeF-Verlag (1990), 236 pp.
The Women's Companion to International Film
London: Virago Press (1990), xvi, 464 pp.
Women of Color: A Filmography of Minority and Third World Women
New York: Garland (1985), 338 pp.
"This book aims to acquaint the reader with English-language films whose characters include a woman of color, specifically an American woman character who belongs to a minority group or a woman of the Third World," explains Oshana. Even, as in many cases, when the role is played by a white woman, it
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Der Frauenfilm: Filme von und für Frauen
München: Heyne (1985), 287 pp.
