Global Nollywood : the transnational dimensions of an African video film industry /
This book considers the first truly African cinema beyond its Nigerian origins. In fifteen lively essays, this volume traces the engagement of the Nigerian video film industry with the African continent and the rest of the world. Topics such as Nollywood as a theoretical construct, the development o...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press,
[2013]
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| Series: | African expressive cultures.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | This book considers the first truly African cinema beyond its Nigerian origins. In fifteen lively essays, this volume traces the engagement of the Nigerian video film industry with the African continent and the rest of the world. Topics such as Nollywood as a theoretical construct, the development of a new, critical film language, and Nollywood's transformation outside of Nigeria reveal the broader implications of this film form as it travels and develops. Highlighting controversies surrounding commodification, globalization, and the development of the film industry on a wider scale, this volume gives sustained attention to Nollywood as a uniquely African cultural production. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 371 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253009425 0253009421 1299608183 9781299608184 |