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Nollywood stars : media and migration in West Africa and the diaspora / Noah A. Tsika.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tsika, Noah, 1983- author.
- Series:
- New directions in national cinemas.
- New directions in national cinemas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Nigeria--History and criticism.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--Nigeria.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 348 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
- Summary:
- Tsika tracks their efforts to integrate into various entertainment cultures, but never to the point of effacing their African roots.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780253015808
- 0253015804
- OCLC:
- 905685113
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