The Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Film (Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Handbooks)

The Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Film is dedicated to bringing the work of Indigenous filmmakers around the world to a larger audience.By giving voice to transnational and transcultural Indigenous perspectives, this collection makes a significant contribution to the discourse on Indigenous filmmaking and provides an accessible overview of the contemporary state of Indigenous film. Comprising 37 chapters by an international team of contributors, the Handbook is divided into six parts:Decolonial Intermedialities and Revisions of Western MediaColonial Histories, Trauma, ResistancesIndigenous Lands, Communities, BodiesQueer Cultures and Border CrossingsYouth Cultures and EmancipationArt, Comedy, and Music. Within these sections Indigenous and non-Indigenous experts from around the world examine various aspects of Indigenous film cultures, analyze the works of Indigenous directors and producers worldwide, and focus on readings (contextual, historical, political, aesthetic, and activist)