Titelangaben
Sändig, Jan:
"Beasts of No Nation" : Afropessimism and the Rationality of Warfare in Africa.
In: Hamenstädt, Ulrich
(Hrsg.):
The Interplay between Political Theory and Movies : Bridging two Worlds. -
Cham
: Springer
,
2019
. - S. 195-215
ISBN 978-3-319-90731-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90731-4_13
Abstract
Western-made films on warfare in Africa have tended towards afropessimism by creating the image of the entire Africa and of ‘Africans’ as prone to irrational and senseless bloodshed. This contribution examines if Beasts of No Nation (2015), as the most important recent addition to this film genre, continues this trend. The analysis relies on key theoretical strands from armed rebellion research, in particular the ‘greed and grievances’ debate. The chapter shows that the film reproduces the generalised image of Africa as war-ridden. Yet it evades the simplistic culturalist explanations that have also been widely discredited in research on armed conflict. Instead, the film can be read as a nuanced and in many ways historically accurate representation of the setting, causes, and dynamics of the civil war in Sierra Leone (1991–2002).
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Publikationsform: | Aufsatz in einem Buch |
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Begutachteter Beitrag: | Ja |
Institutionen der Universität: | Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Lehrstuhl Soziologie Afrikas > Lehrstuhl Soziologie Afrikas - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke Fakultäten Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät Fakultäten > Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Lehrstuhl Soziologie Afrikas |
Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Nein |
Themengebiete aus DDC: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 320 Politikwissenschaft 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 360 Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste |
Eingestellt am: | 31 Jul 2020 09:30 |
Letzte Änderung: | 31 Jul 2020 09:30 |
URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/56208 |