Chapter 16. The Visual Rhetoric of the Ambivalent City in Nigerian Video Films

  1. Mark Shiel,
  2. Tony Fitzmaurice
  1. Obododimma Oha

Published Online: 27 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9780470712948.ch16

Cinema and the City: Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context

Cinema and the City: Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context

How to Cite

Oha, O. (2008) The Visual Rhetoric of the Ambivalent City in Nigerian Video Films, in Cinema and the City: Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context (eds M. Shiel and T. Fitzmaurice), Blackwell Publishers Ltd, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470712948.ch16

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 27 MAY 2008
  2. Published Print: 1 JAN 2001

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780631222439

Online ISBN: 9780470712948

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Keywords:

  • nigerian video films;
  • lagos alaye boys;
  • living in bondage;
  • operation sweep

Summary

This chapter contains section titled:

  • Introduction

  • The Milieu

  • Between the “Jungle” and the Jingle of Excellence

  • Conclusion

  • Notes