Zimbabwe's Cinematic Arts: Language, Power, Identity

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Zimbabwe’s CinematiC arts This page intentionally left blank ZIMBABWE’S C i n e m at i C a r t s Language, Power, identity KATRINA DALY THOMPSON Indiana University Press Bloomington and Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404-3797 USA iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931© 2013 by Katrina Daly Thompson All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. • The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thompson, Katrina Daly, [date] Zimbabwe’s cinematic arts : language, power, identity / Katrina Daly Thompson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-00646-2 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-253-00651-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-253-00656-1 (electronic book) 1. Motion pictures and television—Social aspects—Zimbabwe. 2. Mass media and language—Political aspects—Zimbabwe. 3. Zimbabwe. Broadcasting Services Act. 4. Motion picture industry—Zimbabwe— Foreign influences. 5. Zimbabwe—Social conditions—1980– I. Title. PN1993.5.Z55T48 2013 791.43'096891—dc23 2012028173 1 2 3 4 5 18 17 16 15 14 13 For my friends, family, and colleagues in Zimbabwe. Pamberi nevanhu! This page intentionally left blank ...