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Political Economy of Contemporary African Popular Culture
The Political Interplay
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eBook - PDF
Political Economy of Contemporary African Popular Culture
The Political Interplay
About this book
Drawing on examples from across the continent, this volume examines socially significant aspects of contemporary African popular culture—including music cultures, fandoms, and community, mass, and digital media—to demonstrate how neoliberal politics and market forces shape the cultural landscape and vice versa. Contributors investigate the role that the media, politicians, and corporate interests play in shaping that landscape, highlight the crucial role of the African people in the production and circulation of popular culture more broadly, and, furthermore, demonstrate how popular culture can be used as a tool to resist oppressive regimes and challenge power structures in the African context. Scholars of political communication, cultural studies, and African studies will find this book particularly useful.
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Yes, you can access Political Economy of Contemporary African Popular Culture by Kealeboga Aiseng,Israel A. Fadipe,Phillip Mpofu in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Communication Studies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Politics, Political Economy, and Society
- Promoting Political Participation and Accountability through Popular Culture
- African Humanism, Liberal Populism, and the Politics of Antiblack Culture
- Contextualizing Chronicle’s Construction of Cont Mhlanga’s “Heroism”
- Political Godfatherism, Propaganda, and the Media in the Nigerian Political Scene
- Tsotsitaal, the Commodification of Language by South Africa’s Main Political Parties
- Entertainment Industry, Sports, Political Economy, and Society
- Influence of Hip-Hop Culture and Music Videos on Students Living in South African Private Mixed
- Imperialist Allusions in Debo Adedayo’s “Elizabeth the Terminator”
- A Survey of Nigerian Youths on Political Participation Versus Political Apathy
- “Divided in Nigeria, United by Football”
- Comparative Political-Economic Case Evaluation of Benue Musicians amid Politically Hyped Western
- “Eat or Be Eaten”
- “What scares Me Is What Scares You”
- Digital Media, Political Economy, and Society
- The Political Economy of New Media in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic
- The Political Economy of Digital and Social Media Celebrity Influencer Marketing
- Realist or Chauvinist? A Critique of Tawona Shadaya Knight’s Tweets Concerning Objectification
- Weaponizing Political Rhetoric to Galvanize Voters’ Support on the Twitterscape
- Fake News, Crime, Political Economy, and Society
- Fake News and Misinformation and Their Impacts on Public Perceptions of Reality in Kenya
- New Wine Versus Old Wine
- Mobile Phones as “Engine Boat” of Political Economy of the Media
- Conclusion
- Index
- About the Editors and Contributors