Female narratives in Nollywood melodramas
By: Elizabeth Johnson, Donald Culverson
Contributors: Culverson, Donald R., author
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9781498524742
Subjects: Motion pictures; Women in the motion picture industry; Melodrama in motion pictures; Women motion picture producers and directors; History and criticism; Women in motion pictures
Description: "Female Narratives in Nollywood Melodramas investigates the role of women in nine Nollywood melodramas with attention to the changing landscape of filmmaking and film viewing. By incorporating Black feminist, audience reception, social identity, and cultivation theories, Johnson and Culverson provide insight into how identities for West African women are created and recreated through the broad interplay of Nollywood film viewing on social and individual levels. This book addresses how Nollywood is a product and contributor to evolving processes of globalization."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Alternative frames for viewing and thinking about Nollywood films; title: The women of Nollywood: suffering and agency; title: Differential access to Nollywood films; title: Female directors and producers; title: Concluding thoughts.