Auteuring Nollywood. Critical Perspectives on The Figurine (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789780698287)

Beginning from an auteur standpoint, this book interrogates extant cinematic re-presentation of African and Nigerian postcolonial realities in Nollywood. It makes a case, using Kunle Afolayan's The Figurine, for a critical space-clearing gesture around the notion of a neo-Nollywood, which transcends the formulaic cinematic re-presentation of African and Nigeriam realities to embrace a visionary and philosophic rearticualtion of the role of filmmaking, and of Nollywood, in the Nigerian imagination. The Idea of neo-Nollywood, and a visionary director, therefore stands at the core of a cinematic production process that challenges, disturbs and stimulates perceptions of current and future African identities.

Author: Adeshina Afolayan
ISBN-10: 9780698280
ISBN-13: 9789780698287
Publisher: University Press, Nigeria
Language: English
Published: 12/29/2014
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.97d