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Postcolonial Theory and Avatar (Hardcover)
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Postcolonial Theory and Avatar (Hardcover)
Series: Film Theory in Practice
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The Film Theory in Practice series fills a gaping hole in the world
of film theory. By marrying the explanation of a film theory with
the interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples
of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. The
second book in the series, Postcolonial Theory and Avatar offers a
concise introduction to postcolonial 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. Intervening in this
debate over how to read the film, Basu Thakur focuses on issues of
representations, discourse, subalternity, and subjectivity, all of
which have been central to postcolonial theory and postcolonial
analyses of culture. This history will help students and scholars
who are eager to learn more about this important area of theory and
bring the concepts of postcolonial theory into practice through a
detailed interpretation of the film.
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