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African video movies and global desires

Garritano, Carmela, 1968-

African video movies and global desires a Ghanaian history / [electronic resource] : Carmela Garritano. - Athens : Ohio University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (284 p.) - Ohio University research in international studies, Africa series ; no. 91 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: African popular videos as global cultural forms -- Mapping the modern: the Gold Coast film unit and the Ghana film industry corporation -- Work, women, and worldly wealth: global video culture and the early years of local video production -- Professional movies and their global aspirations: the second wave of video production in Ghana -- Tourism and trafficking: views from abroad in the transnational travel movie -- Transcultural encounters and local imaginaries: Nollywood and the Ghanaian movie industry in the twenty-first century -- Conclusion.

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Video recordings industry--Ghana.
Video recordings--Economic aspects--Ghana.
Video recordings--Social aspects--Ghana.


Electronic books.

PN1992.934.G48 / G37 2013

384/.809667