02915nam 2200601 450 991046091180332120200520144314.00-253-01640-1(CKB)3710000000430894(EBL)2068801(SSID)ssj0001546393(PQKBManifestationID)16140896(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001546393(PQKBWorkID)14796024(PQKB)10191927(MiAaPQ)EBC2068801(OCoLC)911054513(MdBmJHUP)muse48286(Au-PeEL)EBL2068801(CaPaEBR)ebr11064691(EXLCZ)99371000000043089420150627h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrican appropriations cultural difference, mimesis, and media /Matthias KringsBloomington, Indiana ;Indianapolis, Indiana :Indiana University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (328 p.)African Expressive CulturesDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-01625-8 0-253-01629-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgments and preface -- Introduction -- The wicked major : embodying cultural difference -- Lance Spearman : the African James Bond -- Black Titanic : pirating the White Star liner -- Vice and videos : Kanywood under duress -- Dar 2 Lagos : Nollywood in Tanzania -- Branding bin Laden : the global "war on terror" on a local stage -- Master and mugu : orientalist mimicry and cybercrime -- "Crazy white men" : (un)doing difference in African popular music -- Coda.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.African expressive cultures.Popular cultureAfricaMass mediaSocial aspectsElectronic books.Popular cultureMass mediaSocial aspects.306.096Krings Matthias961308MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460911803321African appropriations2179502UNINA