| Auteuring Nollywood. Critical Perspectives on The Figurine Contributor(s): Afolayan, Adeshina (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9780698280 ISBN-13: 9789780698287 Publisher: University Press, Nigeria OUR PRICE: $57.48 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - Guides & Reviews |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6" W x 9" (1.40 lbs) 480 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beginning from an auteur standpoint, this book interrogates extant cinematic re-presentation of African and Nigerian postcolonial realities in Nollywood. It makes a case, using Kunle Afolayan's The Figurine, for a critical space-clearing gesture around the notion of a neo-Nollywood, which transcends the formulaic cinematic re-presentation of African and Nigeriam realities to embrace a visionary and philosophic rearticualtion of the role of filmmaking, and of Nollywood, in the Nigerian imagination. The Idea of neo-Nollywood, and a visionary director, therefore stands at the core of a cinematic production process that challenges, disturbs and stimulates perceptions of current and future African identities. |