Urban Peacebuilding in Divided Societies
โ Scott A. Bollens
๐ Library
๐
1998
๐ Westview Press
๐ English
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Urban Film and Everyday Practice: Bridging Divisions in Johannesburg
โ Scribed by Alexandra Parker (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 249
- Series
- Screening Spaces
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
While urban films often reinforce spatial stereotypes, they can also produce a resistant reading that helps transgress spatial boundaries, especially in in urban contexts where spatial inequalities and urban divisions are stark. This book reveals the nature of urban film's influence through the lens and space of Johannesburg.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Film in Divided Cities....Pages 1-27
Johannesburg the Divided City....Pages 29-63
Physical Materiality and Imageability....Pages 65-101
Identity....Pages 103-132
Mobility....Pages 133-164
Crime and the Tsotsi....Pages 165-191
The Influence of Film....Pages 193-207
Back Matter....Pages 209-242
โฆ Subjects
Film Theory;African Culture;Film History;Urban Studies/Sociology
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