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Tsika, Noah, 1983- author.

Title Nollywood stars : media and migration in West Africa and the diaspora / Noah A. Tsika.

Publication Info.	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
	2015

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Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (380 pages) : illustrations.
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Series	New directions in national cinemas
	New directions in national cinemas.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: global stars in Nigeria's postindependence firmament from Ossie Davis to Doctor Bello -- From Yoruba to YouTube: studying Nollywood's star system -- Glittering video: format, fashion, and the materiality of Nollywood stardom -- A mobile glow: Nollywood stardom and corporate globalism -- When stars collide: Lady Gaga and the pirating of a globalized persona -- Nollywood's progeny: stardom and the politics of youth empowerment -- Professionalizing childhood: Nollywood and the new youth transnationalism -- Afterword: honoring Nollywood stars.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Motion pictures -- Nigeria -- History and criticism.
	Motion picture actors and actresses -- Nigeria.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Tsika, Noah. Nollywood stars : media and migration in West Africa and the diaspora. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015] New directions in national cinemas 9780253015716
ISBN	9780253015716 (cl : alk. paper)
	9780253015754 (pb : alk. paper)
	9780253015808 (electronic bk.)