African Video Movies and Global Desires : A Ghanaian History.

By:

Garritano, Carmela

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Research in International Studies, Africa SeriesPublisher: Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (265 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780896804845

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: African Video Movies and Global DesiresDDC classification:

384/.809667

LOC classification:

PN1992.93.G48 -- G37 2013eb

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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