Vlad Dima is a professor of African Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has published numerous articles, mainly on francophone and French cinemas, but also on francophone literature, comics, American cinema, and television. He is the author of Sonic Space in Djibril Diop Mambety's Films (2017) and The Beautiful Skin: Football, Fantasy, and Cinematic Bodies in Africa (2020).

“Vlad Dima offers an important re-evaluation of the meaning (less-ness) of time in postcolonial cinema through a deep and compelling exploration of the undead from Africa to postcolonial Paris. The book casts a unique light on the entanglement of time, death, and love in a haunting way. So much to take in, not only in the text but also between the lines, or as the author would say, ‘between the shots.’”—BÉNÉDICTE BOISSERON, professor of Afroamerican and African studies, University of Michigan

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Meaning Chapter 2. Less Chapter 3. Ness Chapter 4. Meaninglessness Conclusion Filmography Notes Bibliography Index

Vlad Dima is a professor of African Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has published numerous articles, mainly on francophone and French cinemas, but also on francophone literature, comics, American cinema, and television. He is the author of Sonic Space in Djibril Diop Mambety's Films (2017) and The Beautiful Skin: Football, Fantasy, and Cinematic Bodies in Africa (2020).

“Vlad Dima offers an important re-evaluation of the meaning (less-ness) of time in postcolonial cinema through a deep and compelling exploration of the undead from Africa to postcolonial Paris. The book casts a unique light on the entanglement of time, death, and love in a haunting way. So much to take in, not only in the text but also between the lines, or as the author would say, ‘between the shots.’”—BÉNÉDICTE BOISSERON, professor of Afroamerican and African studies, University of Michigan

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Meaning Chapter 2. Less Chapter 3. Ness Chapter 4. Meaninglessness Conclusion Filmography Notes Bibliography Index