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Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan
| Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion picture industry - Nigeria
Supernatural in motion pictures |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 978-940-069-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460584703321 |
| Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan
| Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion picture industry - Nigeria
Supernatural in motion pictures |
| ISBN | 978-940-069-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798078003321 |
| Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan
| Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion picture industry - Nigeria
Supernatural in motion pictures |
| ISBN | 978-940-069-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820505403321 |
| Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beasts of the Forest : Denizens of the Dark Woods / / Edited by John Hackett and Seán Harrington
| Beasts of the Forest : Denizens of the Dark Woods / / Edited by John Hackett and Seán Harrington |
| Autore | Hackett Jon |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina |
704.9434
809.93375 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HarringtonSeán |
| Soggetto topico |
Supernatural in motion pictures
Supernatural in literature Supernatural Forests in literature Forests in art Forests and forestry Supernatural - Folklore Forests and forestry - Folklore |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Folklore |
| ISBN |
0-86196-957-X
0-86196-958-8 0-86196-959-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction : Beasts of the forest -- ; Part 1 : Ferocious forests -- "You're already in hell" : Representations of the forest in Wolf People's video Night Witch (2016) / Richard Mills -- EcoGothic secrets : Venturing beneath the deep dark forest / Elizabeth Parker -- Holy monstrosity of arborescence in Brian Catling's The Vorrh / András Fodor -- ; Part 2 : Denizens of the woods -- Long in the tooth? Werewolves of a certain age / Jon Hackett -- Cruising the queer forest with Alain Guiraudie : Woods, plastics, plasticities / Bejamin Dalton -- The "good" and "bad" forests of modern fantasy cinema : A Kleinian topology / Alexander Sergeant -- ; Part 3 : Tolkien's forests -- Trees and Tolkien : Reflections between medieval and modern reverence / Brad Eden -- Shadow shrouds and moonlight veils : The forest as an existential scene in Tolkien's legendarium -- The fiendish forests of Middle-earth : Tolkien's trees as ominous adversaries. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838343503321 |
Hackett Jon
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| Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , 2019 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Globalgothic / / edited by Glennis Byron
| Globalgothic / / edited by Glennis Byron |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.4367 |
| Collana | International Gothic |
| Soggetto topico |
Supernatural in motion pictures
Goth culture (Subculture) Gothic fiction (Literary genre) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-5261-0297-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Globalgothic ; Contents ; List of contributors ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction: Glennis Byron; 1 Theorising globalgothic: Fred Botting and Justin D. Edwards; 2 Butoh: The dance of global darkness: Steven Bruhm; 3 Maori tales of the unexpected: The New Zealand television series Mataku as Indigenous gothic: Ian Conrich; 4 'She saw a soucouyant': Locating the globalgothic: Justin D. Edwards; 5 Globalgothic at the top of the world: Michel Faber's 'The Fahrenheit Twins': Sue Zlosnik; 6 Online vampire communities: Towards a globalised notion of vampire identity: Aspasia Stephanou
7 Globalgoth? Unlocatedness in the musical home: Isabella van Elferen8 Uncanny games: Michael Haneke's Funny Games and globalisation's new uncanny: Barry Murnane; 9 Pan-Asian gothic: Colette Balmain ; 10 Cannibal culture: Serving the people in Fruit Chan's Dumplings: Glennis Byron; 11 Ghost skins: Globalising the supernatural in contemporary Thai horror film: Katarzyna Ancuta; 12 From Sleepy Hollow to Silent Hill: American gothic to globalgothic: James Campbell; 13 The Dark Knight: Fear, the law and liquid modernity: Avril Horner |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480903203321 |
| Manchester, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Haunting Bollywood : gender, genre, and the supernatural in Hindi commercial cinema / / Meheli Sen
| Haunting Bollywood : gender, genre, and the supernatural in Hindi commercial cinema / / Meheli Sen |
| Autore | Sen Meheli <1976-> |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
| Disciplina | 791.430954 |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion pictures - India
Motion pictures, Hindi Motion picture industry - India Gender identity in motion pictures Sex role in motion pictures Horror films - History and criticism Supernatural in motion pictures |
| ISBN | 1-4773-1159-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Haunted havelis and hapless heroes : gender, genre and the Hindi gothic film -- The Ramsay rampage : horror as emergency cinema -- Ravishing reptiles : magic, masala, and the Hindi "snake film" -- Present imperfect : Bollywood and the ghosts of neoliberalism -- The planetary paranormal : millennial mythos and the disassembly of the "Hindi film" -- Epilogue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910158579803321 |
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| Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , [2017] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Love in the afterlife : underground religion at the movies / / Richard Striner
| Love in the afterlife : underground religion at the movies / / Richard Striner |
| Autore | Striner Richard <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, [Wisconsin] ; ; Teaneck, [New Jersey] : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Disciplina | 791.43/67 |
| Soggetto topico |
Supernatural in motion pictures
Love in motion pictures Religion in motion pictures |
| ISBN | 1-61147-885-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Philosophic and literary sources -- The cultural milieu after World War I and the seminal plays -- The "mythical method" as applied to the plot template of supernatural romance -- Berkeley Square and the philosophic problem of time -- The "second wave" of plays and the milieu of the Second World War -- The ghost and Mrs. Muir and the applications of theology in supernatural romance -- The tradition evolves -- Conclusion: underground religion -- Appendix one: case study: the making of what dreams may come -- Appendix two: other patters in film that justify additional study -- Appendix three: production data for supernatural romances and related films. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798339503321 |
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| Madison, [Wisconsin] ; ; Teaneck, [New Jersey] : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Love in the afterlife : underground religion at the movies / / Richard Striner
| Love in the afterlife : underground religion at the movies / / Richard Striner |
| Autore | Striner Richard <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, [Wisconsin] ; ; Teaneck, [New Jersey] : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Disciplina | 791.43/67 |
| Soggetto topico |
Supernatural in motion pictures
Love in motion pictures Religion in motion pictures |
| ISBN | 1-61147-885-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Philosophic and literary sources -- The cultural milieu after World War I and the seminal plays -- The "mythical method" as applied to the plot template of supernatural romance -- Berkeley Square and the philosophic problem of time -- The "second wave" of plays and the milieu of the Second World War -- The ghost and Mrs. Muir and the applications of theology in supernatural romance -- The tradition evolves -- Conclusion: underground religion -- Appendix one: case study: the making of what dreams may come -- Appendix two: other patters in film that justify additional study -- Appendix three: production data for supernatural romances and related films. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826581103321 |
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| Madison, [Wisconsin] ; ; Teaneck, [New Jersey] : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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