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District 9: Johannesburg as Nostalgic Dystopia

District 9: Johannesburg as Nostalgic Dystopia - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Landi RaubenheimerSeries:Contemporary Cinema #10Publish date:2024-12-19Pages:264
Language:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004525436ISBN-10:9004525432UPC:9789004525436Book Category:Performing Arts, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Film, Communication Studies, Media StudiesBook Topic:History & CriticismProduct ID:SCZ5EJCAE1
The film District 9 made waves as an allegory of apartheid on the big screen, but it has not yet been given its rightful place as a landmark depiction within broader visual cultural studies of Johannesburg and cities in the Global South.

In this book, Landi Raubenheimer argues that District 9's portrayal of Johannesburg reverberates within a larger body of representations of the city, collectively shaping a unique visual 'idiom' for the post-apartheid city as nostalgic dystopia. Delving deeply into District 9, Raubenheimer brings to light the fascination that images of the city as nostalgic dystopia has held for filmmakers, photographers, viewers, and lovers of Johannesburg alike.
Language:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004525436ISBN-10:9004525432UPC:9789004525436Book Category:Performing Arts, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Film, Communication Studies, Media StudiesBook Topic:History & CriticismProduct ID:SCZ5EJCAE1
Publisher: Brill

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