African video movies and global desires : a Ghanaian history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garritano, Carmela, 1968-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2013]
Series:Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 91.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: African popular videos as global cultural forms
  • Mapping the modern: the Gold Coast film unit and the Ghana film industry corporation
  • Work, women, and worldly wealth: global video culture and the early years of local video production
  • Professional movies and their global aspirations: the second wave of video production in Ghana
  • Tourism and trafficking: views from abroad in the transnational travel movie
  • Transcultural encounters and local imaginaries: Nollywood and the Ghanaian movie industry in the twenty-first century
  • Conclusion.