Indirect Subjects: Nollywood's Local Address by Matthew H. Brown (English) Paper

Description: Indirect Subjects by Matthew H. Brown Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Matthew H. Brown explores the connections between Nigerias booming film industry, state television, and colonial legacies that together involve spectators in global capitalism while denying them its privileges. Publisher Description In Indirect Subjects, Matthew H. Brown analyzes the content of the prolific Nigerian film industrys mostly direct-to-video movies alongside local practices of production and circulation to show how screen media play spatial roles in global power relations. Scrutinizing the deep structural and aesthetic relationship between Nollywood, as the industry is known, and Nigerian state television, Brown tracks how several Nollywood films, in ways similar to both state television programs and colonial cinema productions, invite local spectators to experience liberal capitalism not only as a form of exploitation but as a set of expectations about the future. This mode of address, which Brown refers to as "periliberalism," sustains global power imbalances by locating viewers within liberalism but distancing them from its processes and benefits. Locating the wellspring of this hypocrisy in the British Empires practice of indirect rule, Brown contends that culture industries like Nollywood can sustain capitalism by isolating ordinary African people, whose labor and consumption fuel it, from its exclusive privileges. Author Biography Matthew H. Brown is Assistant Professor of African Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Details ISBN 1478014199 ISBN-13 9781478014195 Title Indirect Subjects Author Matthew H. Brown Format Paperback Year 2021 Pages 328 Publisher Duke University Press GE_Item_ID:161867615; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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