| African Appropriations: Cultural Difference, Mimesis, and Media Contributor(s): Krings, Matthias (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253016258 ISBN-13: 9780253016256 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $79.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 960 |
| LCCN: 2016304192 |
| Series: African Expressive Cultures |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.20 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |