Fahmidul Haq, Brian Shoesmith

Broschiertes Buch

Identity, Nationhood and Bangladesh Independent Cinema

Beschreibung

This book analyses how independent filmmakers from Bangladesh have represented national identity in their films. The focus of this book is on independent and art house filmmakers and how cinema plays a vital role in constructing national and cultural identity.

Autor

Fahmidul Haq is visiting professor of Experimental Humanities at Bard College, New York, USA, and he has taught Mass Communication and Journalism at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh for nearly two decades. His areas of interests include South Asian Cinema, Critical Media Studies and New Media Culture. His publications on South Asian film and media both in English and Bengali include Cinema of Bangladesh: A Brief History (2020). A human rights defender and public intellectual, Haq's online activism evolves around culture and politics of Bangladesh. Brian Shoesmith was honorary professor in Communications and Arts at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. He was also Dean of Academic Development at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) for nearly a decade. He is the co-author of Media Theories and Approaches: A Global Perspective (2008) and co-editor of Bangladesh's Changing Mediascape ( 2013). He was a Founding Editor of Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies (Taylor and Francis). Dr. Shoesmith passed away on 30th January 2020.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 333g
• ISBN-13: 9781032220840
• ISBN-10: 1032220848
• Artikelnr.: 71234226