{"product_id":"9781839023224","title":"John Akomfrah","description":"\u003ch1\u003eJohn Akomfrah\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJames Harvey\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt \/ Film \u0026amp; Video\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe films of John Akomfrah represent one of the most significant bodies of artistic production in the post-war era in Britain, yet little attempt has been made to analyse the consistencies and divergences across them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Harvey's \u003ci\u003eJohn Akomfrah \u003c\/i\u003eis the first comprehensive analytic engagement with these films, offering sustained close engagement with the artist's core thematic preoccupations and aesthetic tendencies. His analysis negotiates the contextual and theoretical layers of Akomfrah's rich and complex films, from the intermedial diaspora aesthetics of \u003ci\u003eHandsworth Songs\u003c\/i\u003e (1986) to the intersectional spatial ecopolitics of \u003ci\u003ePurple\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePositioning Akomfrah in the burgeoning black British arts and cultural scene of the 1980s as a member of Black Audio Film Collective, Harvey traces the evolution of a critical relationship with the postcolonial archive in his early films, through analysis of documentaries made for television in the 1990s and up to more recent film installations in museums and galleries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Harvey is Lecturer in film studies at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. An academic and curator, he is author of \u003ci\u003eNationalism in Contemporary Western European Cinema \u003c\/i\u003e(2018) and \u003ci\u003eJacques Rancière and the Politics of Art Cinema \u003c\/i\u003e(2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 September 2023\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBritish Film Institute\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781839023224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e280\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378195857548,"sku":"9781839023224","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_42906406-b374-484d-b847-795f1f46d424.jpg?v=1783907995","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781839023224","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}