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

By: Tsika, Noah, 1983- [author.]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 resourceISBN: 9780253015808Subject(s): Motion pictures -- Nigeria -- History and criticism | Motion picture actors and actresses -- NigeriaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nollywood stars : media and migration in West Africa and the diaspora.DDC classification: 791.4309669 LOC classification: PN1993.5.N55 | T85 2015Online resources: Click to View
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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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