Cultural Netizenship : Social Media, Popular Culture, and Performance in Nigeria /

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How does social media activism in Nigeria intersect with online popular forms--from GIFs to memes to videos--and become shaped by the repressive postcolonial state that propels resistance to dominant articulations of power? James Yékú proposes the concept of "cultural netizenship"--inter...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Yeku, James (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social media > Political aspects.
Politics and government.
Politics and culture.
Internet > Social aspects.
Internet and activism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Medias sociaux > Aspect politique > Nigeria.
Politique et culture > Nigeria.
Internet > Aspect social > Nigeria.
Cybermilitantisme > Nigeria.
Social media > Political aspects > Nigeria.
Politics and culture > Nigeria.
Internet > Social aspects > Nigeria.
Internet and activism > Nigeria.
Nigeria.
Nigeria > Politique et gouvernement > 2007-
Nigeria > Politics and government > 2007-
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Afropolitan antiheroes and the performative politics of internet scambaiting
  • 2. The memeification of Nollywood
  • 3. Self-spectatoriality and the performance of political selves
  • 4. Visualizing resistance and performing with the visual
  • 5. Social media humor and carnivalesque aesthetics
  • 6. Virality and instagram comedy in a state of pandemic
  • Epilogue: Cultural Netizenship and the Praxis of Recovery

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