The Beautiful Skin: Football, Fantasy, and Cinematic Bodies in Africa

by Vlad Dima

In this original and provocative study of contemporary African film and literature, Vlad Dima investigates the way that football and cinema express individual and collective fantasies, and highlights where football and cinema converge and diverge with regard to neocolonial fantasies. Shedding new light on both well-known and less familiar films by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Abderrahmane Sissako, Jean-Pierre Bekolo, Moussa Tour , Safi Faye, Cheick Doukour...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611863708
• ISBN13: 9781611863703
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"