Nollywood Stars - Media and Migration in West Africa and the Diaspora

Informationen zum Autor Noah A. Tsika is Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Queens College, City University of New York. Klappentext Tsika tracks their efforts to integrate into various entertainment cultures, but never to the point of effacing their African roots. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments A Note on Orthography and Taxonomy Introduction: Global Stars in Nigeria's Postindependence Firmament: From Ossie Davis to Doctor Bello 1. From Yorùbá to YouTube: Studying Nollywood's Star System 2. Glittering Video: Format, Fashion, and the Materiality of Nollywood Stardom 3. A Mobile Glow: Nollywood Stardom and Corporate Globalism 4. When Stars Collide: Lady Gaga and the Pirating of a Globalized Persona 5. Nollywood's Progeny: Stardom and the Politics of Youth Empowerment 6. Professionalizing Childhood: Nollywood and the New Youth Transnationalism Afterword: Honoring Nollywood Stars Filmography Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Noah A. Tsika, Tsika Noah a
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.04.2015
• EAN: 9780253015716
• ISBN: 978-0-253-01571-6
• No. of pages: 374
• Series: New Directions in National Cin; New Directions in National Cinemas; New Directions in National Cin
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet