ISBN:
9780253016409
,
0253016401
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
,
Illustrations.
Edition:
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
Edition:
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
Series Statement:
African expressive cultures
Series Statement:
African expressive cultures
DDC:
306.096
Keywords:
Pop-Kultur
;
Film
;
Musik
;
Comic
;
Rezeption
;
Globalisierung
;
Mass media Social aspects
;
Mass media and culture
;
Popular culture
;
Nigeria
;
Tansania
;
Africa Social life and customs
;
Africa Civilization
Abstract:
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
URL:
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/40651
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