Cultural Netizenship : Social Media, Popular Culture, and Performance in Nigeria.
Yékú, James.
2022
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Title Cultural Netizenship : Social Media, Popular Culture, and Performance in Nigeria.
Author Yékú, James.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780253060501
9780253060488
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2022.
Copyright ©2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (292 pages).
Dewey Decimal Classification 302.231
Summary -- This work builds on the author's journal article in the Journal of African Cultural Studies, which won the 2017 African Literature Association best article award. This research has been useful since in framing discussions on the importance of a participatory Web and cultural productions in Africa. -- There is currently no book on the intersections of performance, popular culture, and social media in the context of African studies and digital media scholarship in Africa. -- This book contributes to the international and cross-disciplinary scope of IUP's media studies list by building off companion strengths in African studies. The book also contributes to strong areas of our African studies list, including popular culture and performance. -- This is a book for scholars, reaching graduate students, in media studies and African studies. Target those interested in new media studies, African popular culture, and African digital humanities.
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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Cultural Netizenship and Viral Practices
1. Afropolitan Antiheroes and the Performative Politics of Internet Scambaiting
2. The Memeification of Nollywood
3. Self-Spectatoriality and the Performance of Political Selves
4. Visualizing Resistance and Performing with the Visual
5. Social Media Humor and Carnivalesque Aesthetics
6. Virality and Instagram Comedy in a State of Pandemic
Epilogue: Cultural Netizenship and the Praxis of Recovery
References
Index
About the Author.

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