Farvebilleder fra det mørke Afrika: Race, krop, økonomi og politik i Mahamet-Saleh Harouns Grigris

TY - JOUR

T1 - Farvebilleder fra det mørke Afrika

T2 - Race, krop, økonomi og politik i Mahamet-Saleh Harouns Grigris

AU - Baggesgaard, Mads Anders

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Analyzing Tchadian director Mahamet-Saleh Haroun’s 2013 film Grigris the article discusses the political potentials of contemporary Sub-Saharan Film. The article rejects frameworks of African and Francophone cinema and argues that a localized understanding of this film in Chad provides a better understanding of the universal and global reach of the engagement with politics that is one of the film’s prime objectives. It is through an understanding of the local and regional society and history that it becomes evident how the film engages with political issues with reach far beyond the borders of Chad. This engagement is performed through the screening of bodies, of race highlighting the role that these entities play in Chadian society and Chadian politics.

AB - Analyzing Tchadian director Mahamet-Saleh Haroun’s 2013 film Grigris the article discusses the political potentials of contemporary Sub-Saharan Film. The article rejects frameworks of African and Francophone cinema and argues that a localized understanding of this film in Chad provides a better understanding of the universal and global reach of the engagement with politics that is one of the film’s prime objectives. It is through an understanding of the local and regional society and history that it becomes evident how the film engages with political issues with reach far beyond the borders of Chad. This engagement is performed through the screening of bodies, of race highlighting the role that these entities play in Chadian society and Chadian politics.

M3 - Tidsskriftartikel

SN - 0905-6998

SP - 103

EP - 126

JO - K&K: kultur og klasse

JF - K&K: kultur og klasse

IS - 119

ER -