Female narratives in Nollywood melodramas /

"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 p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Johnson, Elizabeth, 1966- (Autor), Culverson, Donald R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]
Temas:
Women in motion pictures.
Melodrama in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Nigeria > History and criticism.
Women in the motion picture industry > Nigeria.
Women motion picture producers and directors > Nigeria.
Femmes au cinéma.
Mélodrames (Films)
Cinéma > Nigeria > Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans l'industrie cinématographique > Nigeria.
Productrices et réalisatrices de cinéma > Nigeria.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Melodrama in motion pictures
Motion pictures
Women in motion pictures
Women in the motion picture industry
Women motion picture producers and directors
Nigeria
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references, appendices, and filmography.
ISBN:9781498524759
1498524753

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