African Media in an Age of Extraction

Nollywood Geographies

AvNoah Tsika

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Del i serien Film Culture in Transition

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Beskrivning

This volume takes a fresh, site-specific look at the relationship between moving images and the mining of natural resources, arguing that where we “place” Nollywood and other industries has important practical and conceptual consequences.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-01-21
Mått:156 x 234 x 24 mm
Vikt:705 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Film Culture in Transition
Antal sidor:360
Förlag:Amsterdam University Press
ISBN:9789048561254

Utforska kategorier

Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Miljöekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Noah Tsika is Professor of Film and Media Studies at Queens College and the City University of New York Graduate Center. His books include Nollywood Stars: Media and Migration in West Africa and the Diaspora and Cinematic Independence: Constructing the Big Screen in Nigeria.

Innehållsförteckning

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Nollywood’s Spatial Frames Chapter 1: Resource Cinemas: Sites, Symbols, and Specters of Extraction Chapter 2: Breaking African Ground: Location Shooting and the Search for Resource Enclaves Chapter 3: Dredging Nollywood: Corporations, Land Reclamation, and the Lure of Neoliberalism Chapter 4: Twilight Forests: Cinema and Deforestation Chapter 5: Bad Fuel: Oil Consciousness from Hollywood to Nollywood Conclusion: Environments of Interaction Bibliography Index