Author : Elizabeth Johnson
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498524753
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Female Narratives in Nollywood Melodramas by : Elizabeth Johnson
Download or read book Female Narratives in Nollywood Melodramas written by Elizabeth Johnson and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Female Narratives in Nollywood Melodramas investigates the role of women in nine Nollywood melodramas with attention to the changing landscape of filmmaking and film viewing. By incorporating Black feminist, audience reception, social identity, and cultivation theories, Johnson and Culverson provide insight into how identities for West African women are created and recreated through the broad interplay of Nollywood film viewing on social and individual levels. This book addresses how Nollywood is a product and contributor to evolving processes of globalization.