African Appropriations - Cultural Difference, Mimesis, and Media

Informationen zum Autor Matthias Krings is Professor of Anthropology and African Popular Culture at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. He is editor (with Onookome Okome) of Global Nollywood: The Transnational Dimensions of an African Video Film Industry (IUP, 2013). Klappentext Matthias Krings is Professor of Anthropology and African Popular Culture at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. He is editor (with Onookome Okome) of Global Nollywood: The Transnational Dimensions of an African Video Film Industry (IUP, 2013). Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Major Wicked: Embodying Cultural Difference 2. Lance Spearman: An African James Bond 3. Black Titanic: Pirating the White Star Liner 4. Vice and Videos: Kanywood under Duress 5. Dar 2 Lagos: Nollywood in Tanzania 6. Branding bin Laden: The Global "War on Terror" on a Local Stage 7. Master and Mugu: Orientalist Mimicry and Cybercrime 8. "Crazy White Men": Un/doing Difference in African Popular Music Coda: Mimesis and Media in Africa Notes References Films Index

Product details

• Authors: Matthias Krings, Krings Matthias
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9780253016294
• ISBN: 978-0-253-01629-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: African Expressive Cultures; African Expressive Cultures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries