Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Alberta, 2009. Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Contents:
Nollywood and globalization : popular video films and narratives of marginalized youth -- Reinventing violence : crumbled postcolonies, the militarization of youth, and the crisis of citizenship in Issakaba I-IV -- Gentrification, the urbanization of injustice, and youth identity politics in Nigeria : social struggles in Maroko -- Nollywood and postmodernity : youth, fashion, and urban identity politics in Face of Africa I-III -- African youth and the politics of the occult in the city : Living in bondage I & II -- Nollywood, transnational sex rings, and postcolonial collateral casualties : Glamour girls I & II -- Youth, social struggles, and the politics of culture in Nigerian video film.
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