Cinematic independence : constructing the big screen in Nigeria /

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"Cinematic Independence traces the emergence, demise, and rebirth of big-screen film exhibition in Nigeria. Film companies flocked to Nigeria in the years following independence, beginning a long history of interventions by Hollywood and corporate America. The 1980s and 90s saw a shuttering of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tsika, Noah, 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Motion pictures > Nigeria > History > 20th century.
Motion picture theaters > Nigeria > History > 20th century.
Cinéma > Nigeria > Histoire > 20e siècle.
History / Africa / West.
Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism.
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African Studies.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
Motion picture theaters
Motion pictures
Nigeria
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : screening Nigeria
  • "The Nigeria solution" : creative destruction and the making of a media capital
  • Enugu in technicolor : independent production in late-colonial Nigeria
  • Ends and beginnings : rebuilding the big screen
  • Exhibiting Nollywood (and Hollywood) : multiplexes, amusement parks, and the economy of experiences in today's Nigeria
  • Conclusion : "affective ambience" : New Nollywood and the persistence of Disneyfication.

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