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Author:
Tsika, Noah, 1983- author.
Title:
Nollywood stars : media and migration in West Africa and the diaspora / Noah A. Tsika.
Publisher:
Indiana University Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xxvii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Motion pictures--Nigeria--History and criticism.
Motion picture actors and actresses--Nigeria.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Motion pictures.
Nigeria.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-330) and index. Includes filmography.
Contents:
Introduction: global stars in Nigeria's postindependence firmament from Ossie Davis to Doctor Bello -- From Yoruba to YouTube: studying Nollywood's star system -- Glittering video: format, fashion, and the materiality of Nollywood stardom -- A mobile glow: Nollywood stardom and corporate globalism -- When stars collide: Lady Gaga and the pirating of a globalized persona -- Nollywood's progeny: stardom and the politics of youth empowerment -- Professionalizing childhood: Nollywood and the new youth transnationalism -- Afterword: honoring Nollywood stars.
Series:
New directions in national cinemas
ISBN:
0253015758 (pb : alk. paper)
9780253015754 (pb : alk. paper)
0253015715 (cl : alk. paper)
9780253015716 (cl : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)884480249
LCCN:
2014049507
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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