Noah A Tsika

Nollywood Stars

Media and Migration in West Africa and the Diaspora

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Produktbeschreibung

Noah A. Tsika is Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Queens College, City University of New York.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780253015754
• ISBN-10: 0253015758
• Artikelnr.: 41198731

Autorenporträt

Noah A. Tsika is Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Queens College, City University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
A Note on Orthography and Taxonomy
Introduction: Global Stars in Nigeria's Postindependence Firmament: From
Ossie Davis to Doctor Bello
1. From Yorùbá to YouTube: Studying Nollywood's Star System
2. Glittering Video: Format, Fashion, and the Materiality of Nollywood
Stardom
3. A Mobile Glow: Nollywood Stardom and Corporate Globalism
4. When Stars Collide: Lady Gaga and the Pirating of a Globalized Persona
5. Nollywood's Progeny: Stardom and the Politics of Youth Empowerment
6. Professionalizing Childhood: Nollywood and the New Youth
Transnationalism
Afterword: Honoring Nollywood Stars
Filmography
Notes
Bibliography
Index