Nollywood stars : media and migration in West Africa and the diaspora / Noah A. Tsika.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New directions in national cinemasPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (380 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253015808 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nollywood stars : media and migration in West Africa and the diaspora.DDC classification:
  • 791.4309669 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1993.5.N55 T85 2015eb
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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