Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThere is no doubt that this is a pioneering book, one that raises important questions about the transnational and transmedial dimensions of an emergent, corporate culture of stardom and models an entirely new approach to the study of African movies and media.
* African Studies Review *
Nollywood Stars is a revelation. It will introduce readers to one of the most significant global centers of film production, Nigeria, and to a film culture that is significantly different from that of Hollywood . . . This is an important work. Essential.
* Choice *
Noah Tsika's Nollywood Stars is a pioneering book that makes a significant contribution to the growing body of scholarship on African screen media and the critical emergent field of Nollywood studies.
* Velvet Light Trap *
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments
A Note on Orthography and Taxonomy
Introduction: Global Stars in Nigeria's Postindependence Firmament: From Ossie Davis to Doctor Bello
1. From Yorùbá to YouTube: Studying Nollywood's Star System
2. Glittering Video: Format, Fashion, and the Materiality of Nollywood Stardom
3. A Mobile Glow: Nollywood Stardom and Corporate Globalism
4. When Stars Collide: Lady Gaga and the Pirating of a Globalized Persona
5. Nollywood's Progeny: Stardom and the Politics of Youth Empowerment
6. Professionalizing Childhood: Nollywood and the New Youth Transnationalism
Afterword: Honoring Nollywood Stars
Filmography
Notes
Bibliography
Index
