04613nam 2200601 450 991046058470332120200520144314.0978-940-069-1(CKB)3710000000460545(EBL)3563340(SSID)ssj0001561353(PQKBManifestationID)16200338(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001561353(PQKBWorkID)14829738(PQKB)10750335(MiAaPQ)EBC3563340(Au-PeEL)EBL3563340(CaPaEBR)ebr11084765(CaONFJC)MIL819668(OCoLC)932319450(PPN)198666934(EXLCZ)99371000000046054520150811d2014 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrAuteuring Nollywood critical perspectives on The Figurine /edited by Adeshina AfolayanIbadan :University Press Plc,2014.1 online resource (481 p.)Description based upon print version of record.978-069-828-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Dedication""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION. Philosophy, (Neo-) Nollywood and the African Predicament""; ""Background and motif""; ""Modernity and the imperative of vision""; ""Philosophy at Nollywood""; ""Nollywood as paradigmatic practice""; ""Neo-Nollywood as exemplary practice""; ""Why The Figurine? The Nigerian filmmaker as auteur""; ""Prefiguring The Figurine""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part I - ARAROMIRE IN NOLLYWOOD""""1. The Figurine: The Interplay of the Mysterious, the Orchestrated and the Coincidental""""Introduction""; ""Kunle Afolayan and the Nollywood scenario""; ""The mysterious, the orchestrated and the coincidental: Fathoming the aesthetics of suspense in The Figurine""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""2. The Figurine and the "Torn" Individual""; ""Background""; ""The problem""; ""Nollywood in perspective""; ""Nollywood's misrepresentation of Yoruba tradition""; ""Nollywood's islands of hope""; ""Of modernity and tradition""; ""The Yoruba world view""; ""Figuring out The Figurine""""Mental map and reality""""Causality and the African mode of thought""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""3. Striving with the Gods: The Figurine and the Double-Bind of Realism and the Supernatural""; ""Introduction""; ""The magical and the empirical""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""4. Animist Order and the Ghost of Modernity in Kunle Afolayan's The Figurine""; ""Introduction""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""5. Araromire's Cross: A Human Dilemma""; ""Introduction""; ""A further elaboration on Araromire""; ""Drawing on analogy""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""""6. Local Going Global: Comparing the International Narrative Appeal of Araromire (The Figurine) and Love in the Time of Cholera""""Films""; ""Books""; ""7. Alter/Native Film Narratives in Nollywood and The Figurine""; ""Introduction""; ""Alter/Natives film narratives""; ""The mask code in African cinema""; ""Techniques and motif""; ""On postmodernism and The Figurine""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""8. Nigerian Video Film and the Conundrum of Language: Observatory Notes on Kunle Afolayan's Araromire and Irapada""; ""Introduction""; ""Language and Nigerian literary arts""""A Film maker's experiment with language in Araromire and Irapada""""Concluding remarks""; ""Filmography""; ""References""; ""Part II - NOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND""; ""9. The Home Video Industry and Nigeria's Cultural Development""; ""The background""; ""The traditional theatre films and videos""; ""The mass society and the mass media""; ""The Nigerian film versus the Nigerian home video""; ""Conclusion: Home video and television as precursors of the new media""; ""References""; ""10. Audio-Visual Griots: On the Historiography of the Indigenous Yoruba Video Film in Nigeria""""Introduction: The Nigerian video film""Motion picture industryNigeriaSupernatural in motion picturesElectronic books.Motion picture industrySupernatural in motion pictures.Afolayan AdeshinaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460584703321Auteuring Nollywood1911052UNINA