Sensational Movies: Video, Vision, and Christianity in Ghana Volume 17

by Birgit Meyer

Book Overview

Tracing the rise and development of the Ghanaian video film industry between 1985 and 2010, Sensational Movies examines video movies as seismographic devices recording a culture and society in turmoil. This book captures the dynamic process of popular filmmaking in Ghana as a new medium for the imagination and tracks the interlacing of the medium's technological, economic, social, cultural, and religious aspects. Stepping into the void left...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520287681
• ISBN13: 9780520287686
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"