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African Video Movies and Global Desires : A Ghanaian History.

Garritano, Carmela.

African Video Movies and Global Desires : A Ghanaian History. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (265 pages) - Research in International Studies, Africa Series ; v.91 . - Research in International Studies, Africa Series .

African Video Movies and Global Desires -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: African Popular Videos as Global Cultural Forms -- 1: Mapping the Modern -- 2: Work, Women, and Worldly Wealth -- 3: Professional Movies and Their Global Aspirations -- 4: Tourism and Trafficking -- 5: Transcultural Encounters and Local Imaginaries -- Conclusion -- Films and Videos -- References.

African Video Movies and Global Desires is the first full-length scholarly study of Ghana's commercial video industry, an industry that has produced thousands of movies over the last twenty years and has grown into an influential source of cultural production.

9780896804845


Video recordings-Social aspects-Ghana.
Video recordings-Economic aspects-Ghana.
Video recordings industry-Ghana.


Electronic books.

PN1992.93.G48 -- G37 2013eb

384/.809667

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