(Self)Images of postcolonial West and Central Africa. An explorative study on African and European cinematographic representation in comparative perspective.

The explorative project wants to lay the foundations for a study of the self-image of West- and Central Africa as it has been presented in the post-colonial narrative films from 1963 until 2007. It compares these representations with European cinematic representations from the same period. The comparison allows for a cultural-philosophical critique on Eurocentric representations of 'the Other' starting from postcolonial filmstudies, post-structural anthropology and deconstruction philosophy.

Keywords:FILM STUDIES, REPRESENTATIONS, CINEMA

Disciplines:Communication sciences, Journalism and professional writing, Media studies, Other media and communications, Philosophy