Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The figurine /
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Imprint: | Ibadan, Nigeria : University Press PLC, 2014. |
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Description: | xxi, 457 pages ; 23 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10169208 |
Summary: | Beginning from an auteur standpoint, this book interrogates extant cinematic re-presentation of African and Nigerian postcolonial realities in Nollywood. It makes a case, using Kunle Afolayan's The Figurine, for a critical space-clearing gesture around the notion of a neo-Nollywood, which transcends the formulaic cinematic re-presentation of African and Nigeriam realities to embrace a visionary and philosophic rearticualtion of the role of filmmaking, and of Nollywood, in the Nigerian imagination. The Idea of neo-Nollywood, and a visionary director, therefore stands at the core of a cinematic production process that challenges, disturbs and stimulates perceptions of current and future African identities. |
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Physical Description: | xxi, 457 pages ; 23 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789780698287 9780698280 9789780698294 9780698299 |