Postcolonial theory and Avatar / Gautam Basu Thakur.
2016
NX180.P67 .B378 2016
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Title
Postcolonial theory and Avatar / Gautam Basu Thakur.
Author
Basu Thakur, Gautam, author.
Variant Title
Bloomsbury Academic: Screen Studies (Australia/New Zealand)
ISBN
9781628925630
9781628925661 (e-book)
9781628925661 (e-book)
Published
London : Bloomsbury, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (209 pages).
Call Number
NX180.P67 .B378 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
700.9045
Summary
This volume offers a concise introduction to postcolonial film theory in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret James Cameron's high-grossing, immensely popular, and critically acclaimed 2009 film. Avatar is widely celebrated for its politically and culturally sensitive critique of the 'West's' neocolonial wars and exploitation of the 'global south' - an allegory for (neo)colonialism - and, for highlighting the plight of tribal communities throughout the world (for instance, the case of the Dongriah Kondh tribe of India). At the same time, it has been also criticized for repeating the colonialist fantasy of saving natives doomed by imperialist aggression.
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Previously issued in print: 2015. Digital resource published 2018.
Includes index.
Includes index.
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Series
Film theory in practice.
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Postcolonial theory and Avatar.
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