ISBN:
9780253005502
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0253005507
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9780253356796
,
0253356792
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9780253223456
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0253223458
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xix, 230 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
African expressive cultures
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Adesokan, Akinwumi Postcolonial Artists and Global Aesthetics
DDC:
302.2343096
Keywords:
Motion pictures Social aspects
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Africa
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Social sciences
;
Fine Arts
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Motion pictures and globalization
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Intercultural communication in motion pictures
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Literature and globalization
;
African diaspora in literature
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Literature and society
;
Motion pictures Social aspects
;
Africa --In motion pictures
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Motion pictures --Social aspects --Africa
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Media Studies
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PERFORMING ARTS ; Film & Video ; History & Criticism
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Social sciences
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African diaspora in literature
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Intercultural communication in motion pictures
;
Literature and globalization
;
Literature and society
;
Motion pictures
;
Motion pictures and globalization
;
Motion pictures ; Social aspects
;
Film
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Literatur
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Globalisierung
;
Postkolonialismus
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Kulturkontakt
;
Schwarze
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Film
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Literatur
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Postkolonialismus
;
Globalisierung
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Kulturkontakt
;
Film
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Gesellschaft
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Globalisierung
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Interkulturalität
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Africa In motion pictures
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Electronic books
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Africa In motion pictures
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Africa
;
Afrika
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Electronic book
Abstract:
What happens when social and political processes such as globalization shape cultural production? Drawing on a range of writers and filmmakers from Africa and elsewhere, Akin Adesokan explores the forces at work in the production and circulation of culture in a globalized world. He tackles problems such as artistic representation in the era of decolonization, the uneven development of aesthetics across the world, and the impact of location and commodity culture on genres, with a distinctive approach that
Note:
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. - Description based upon print version of record
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