Cinematic independence : constructing the big screen in Nigeria /

"Cinematic Independence traces the emergence, demise, and rebirth of big-screen film exhibition in Nigeria. Film companies flocked to Nigeria in the years following independence, beginning a long history of interventions by Hollywood and corporate America. The 1980s and 90s saw a shuttering of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tsika, Noah, 1983- (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Motion pictures > Nigeria > History > 20th century. Motion picture theaters > Nigeria > History > 20th century. Cinéma > Nigeria > Histoire > 20e siècle. History / Africa / West. Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism. Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African Studies. PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism Motion picture theaters. Motion pictures. Nigeria. 1900-1999 Electronic books. History.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : screening Nigeria
"The Nigeria solution" : creative destruction and the making of a media capital
Enugu in technicolor : independent production in late-colonial Nigeria
Ends and beginnings : rebuilding the big screen
Exhibiting Nollywood (and Hollywood) : multiplexes, amusement parks, and the economy of experiences in today's Nigeria
Conclusion : "affective ambience" : New Nollywood and the persistence of Disneyfication.