Female narratives in Nollywood melodramas / Elizabeth Johnson, Donald Culverson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Elizabeth, 1966- author.

Culverson, Donald R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in motion pictures.

Melodrama in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Nigeria--History.

Motion pictures.

Women motion picture producers and directors.

Women in the motion picture industry.

Nigeria.

History.

Women in the motion picture industry--Nigeria.

Women motion picture producers and directors--Nigeria.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 167 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Alternative frames for viewing and thinking about Nollywood films

The women of Nollywood: suffering and agency

Differential access to Nollywood films

Female directors and producers

Concluding thoughts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Johnson, Elizabeth, 1966- author. Female narratives in Nollywood melodramas

ISBN:

9781498524742

1498524745

OCLC:

951070591