African appropriations : cultural difference, mimesis, and media /

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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 pu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Krings, Matthias, 1967 September 26- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Series:African expressive cultures.
Subjects:
Mass media and culture > Africa.
Mass media > Social aspects > Africa.
Médias et culture > Afrique.
Médias > Aspect social > Afrique.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Civilization.
Manners and customs.
Mass media and culture.
Mass media > Social aspects.
Africa > Civilization.
Africa > Social life and customs.
Afrique > Mœurs et coutumes.
Africa.
Subsaharisches Afrika.
USA.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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