{"id":6414,"date":"2021-02-15T20:57:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T20:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gi-imperios.org\/blog\/?p=6414"},"modified":"2022-10-15T09:24:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T09:24:38","slug":"an-angolan-vernacular-language-fiction-film-as-para-ethnographic-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gi-imperios.org\/blog\/an-angolan-vernacular-language-fiction-film-as-para-ethnographic-film\/","title":{"rendered":"An Angolan vernacular-language fiction film as para-ethnographic film"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In\u00eas Ponte published the article “An Angolan vernacular-language fiction film as para-ethnographic film: Nationalism and the evolving politics of film circulation and reception” in the journal History and Anthropology<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Through the case study of Nelisita<\/em>, an Angolan vernacular-language feature fiction film, the article approaches african cinema and its changing relations with ethnographic film, film festivals and popular cinema, through a cinematic chain that includes from production to reception across contexts.<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/em><\/p>\n

This article examines\u00a0Nelisita<\/i>\u00a0(Carvalho, 1982), an Olunyaneka-language feature fiction film made in the early years of Angolan cinema, and draws a historiography of its marginal production and ensuing scattered reception. Combining a historical approach to the film\u2019s production and circulation, with an ethnographically-driven analysis of its recent screenings at a village sharing an Olunyaneka background, I discuss insights gained from its reception by an audience familiar with the cultural context portrayed on screen. Along with the history of the film\u2019s production and circulation, the villagers\u2019 engagement with the film sheds light on the evolving politics of cinema in Africa, particularly the complex relationships between popular and film festival audiences, film studies and visual anthropology. I examine shifting continuities and ruptures with regards to the film\u2019s intricate social history, and analyse the production and reception of\u00a0Nelisita<\/i>\u00a0as an experiment that highlights differing ways in which films can work as a contact zone.<\/p>\n

Full citation: Ponte, Ines, (2021) “An Angolan vernacular-language fiction film as para-ethnographic film: Nationalism and the evolving politics of film circulation and reception<\/a>“,\u00a0History and Anthropology<\/i>,\u00a0DOI:\u00a010.1080\/02757206.2021.1881079<\/a><\/p>\n

To access the accepted manuscript, go .<\/p>\n

A story map of Nelisita<\/em>‘s screening trajectory between 1982 and 2000s can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In\u00eas Ponte, History and Anthropology. 2021. The cinematic chain from production to reception of ‘Nelisita’ (1982), an Angolan vernacular-language feature fiction film across popular, film festival and scholarly contexts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[286,89,77,40],"tags":[9,254,96,102,288,285,275],"class_list":["post-6414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-articles","category-filme","category-publicacao","category-investigacao","tag-angola","tag-art","tag-ethnography","tag-film","tag-indigenous-knowledge","tag-visual-culture","tag-article"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["en","pt"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"pt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gi-imperios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gi-imperios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gi-imperios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gi-imperios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gi-imperios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6414"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/gi-imperios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6525,"href":"https:\/\/gi-imperios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6414\/revisions\/6525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gi-imperios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gi-imperios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gi-imperios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gi-imperios.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}