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Informationen zum Autor Brooklyn, New York native, Elizabeth Johnson is a break-out author with a very promising writing career ahead of her. Signed with PlaTy Multimedia & Publishing, Elizabeth is introducing her first work to the world of children's books on May 16, 2021. Her debut title, Just Like my Dad, is co-authored with the already well-established author, Tyrell Plair. Elizabeth is currently the Director of Marketing with PlaTy Multimedia and Publishing.Elizabeth's resume boasts an Associate of Science in Early Childhood Education, an Associate of Arts in General Education, and she is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Science in Organizational Management. Currently residing in Palm Bay, Florida with her husband and son, Elizabeth spends her spare time baking, watching football, traveling, honing her skills as a photographer, and volunteering in the church and her local community. Klappentext Female Narratives in Nollywood Melodramas investigates the role of women in nine Nollywood melodramas with attention to the changing landscape of filmmaking and film viewing. By incorporating Black feminist, audience reception, social identity, and cultivation theories, Johnson and Culverson provide insight into how identities for West African women are created and recreated through the broad interplay of Nollywood film viewing on social and individual levels. This book addresses how Nollywood is a product and contributor to evolving processes of globalization. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. IntroductionII. Alternative Frames for Viewing and Thinking about Nollywood FilmsIII. The Women of Nollywood: Suffering and AgencyIV. Differential Access to Nollywood Films V. Female Directors and Producers VI. Concluding ThoughtsAppendix A: Themes of suffering in the nine selected filmsAppendix B: Themes of agency in the nine selected filmsAppendix C: African/African Diasporic Film FestivalsAppendix D: African female filmmakersFilmographyBibliographyAbout the Authors...
List of contents
I. Introduction
II. Alternative Frames for Viewing and Thinking about Nollywood Films
III. The Women of Nollywood: Suffering and Agency
IV. Differential Access to Nollywood Films
V. Female Directors and Producers
VI. Concluding Thoughts
Appendix A: Themes of suffering in the nine selected films
Appendix B: Themes of agency in the nine selected films
Appendix C: African/African Diasporic Film Festivals
Appendix D: African female filmmakers
Filmography
Bibliography
About the Authors
About the author
Elizabeth Johnson is an Associate Professor of History and Social Sciences at Governors State University. She is the author of Resistance and Empowerment in Black Women’s Hairy Styling. She has published articles in the following journals: World Literary Review, MP: An Online Feminist Journal, and Southwest Journal of Cultures. Her research and speaking interests are grounded in group identity and critical race theory including hair aesthetics, body image, nineteenth-century U.S. history, and media representations of ethnicity and gender. Dr.Donald Culverson is a University Professor of Political Science and Justice Studies at Governors State University. He is the author of Contesting Apartheid: U. S. Activism, 1960-1987. He has published articles in the following journals: Political Science Quarterly, Race and Class, and Transafrica Forum. His research focuses on globalization and its relationship to racial inequality.
