Format:
1 Online-Ressource
,
Illustrations.
Edition:
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
Edition:
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
ISBN:
9780253016409
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0253016401
Series Statement:
African expressive cultures
Content:
Why would a Hollywood film become a Nigerian video remake, a Tanzanian comic book, or a Congolese music video? Matthias Krings explores the myriad ways Africans respond to the relentless onslaught of global culture. He seeks out places where they have adapted pervasive cultural forms to their own purposes as photo novels, comic books, songs, posters, and even scam letters. These African appropriations reveal the broad scope of cultural mediation that is characteristic of our hyperlinked age. Krings argues that there is no longer an "original" or "faithful copy," but only endless transformations that thrive in the fertile ground of African popular culture.
Note:
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
Additional Edition:
9780253016294
Additional Edition:
9780253016294
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
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General works
URL:
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/40651
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