African appropriations : cultural difference, mimesis, and media / Matthias Krings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krings, Matthias, 1967 September 26- author.

Series:

African expressive cultures.

African Expressive Cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture--Africa.

Popular culture.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Africa--Civilization.

Africa.

Africa--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why would a Hollywood film become a Nigerian video remake, a Tanzanian comic book, or a Congolese music video? Matthias Krings explores the myriad ways Africans respond to the relentless onslaught of global culture. He seeks out places where they have adapted pervasive cultural forms to their own purposes as photo novels, comic books, songs, posters, and even scam letters. These African appropriations reveal the broad scope of cultural mediation that is characteristic of our hyperlinked age. Krings argues that there is no longer an "original" or "faithful copy," but only endless transformations that thrive in the fertile ground of African popular culture.

Contents:

Acknowledgments and preface

Introduction

The wicked major : embodying cultural difference

Lance Spearman : the African James Bond

Black Titanic : pirating the White Star liner

Vice and videos : Kanywood under duress

Dar 2 Lagos : Nollywood in Tanzania

Branding bin Laden : the global "war on terror" on a local stage

Master and mugu : orientalist mimicry and cybercrime

"Crazy white men" : (un)doing difference in African popular music

Coda.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 24, 2015).

ISBN:

9780253016409

0253016401

OCLC:

911054513