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Author Larkin, Brian.

Title Signal and noise : media, infrastructure, and urban culture in Nigeria / Brian Larkin.

Publication Info. Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.

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 Moore Stacks  P96.T422 N65 2008    Available  ---
Description xi, 313 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-299) and index.
Contents Infrastructure, the Colonial Sublime, and Indirect Rule -- Unstable Objects: The Making of Radio in Nigeria -- Majigi, Colonial Film, State Publicity, and the Political Form of Cinema -- Colonialism and the Built Space of Cinema -- Immaterial Urbanism and the Cinematic Event -- Extravagant Aesthetics: Instability and the Excessive World of Nigerian Film -- Degraded Images, Distorted Sounds: Nigerian Video and the Infrastructure of Piracy -- Conclusion.
Subject Mass media and technology -- Nigeria -- History.
Mass media and technology.
Nigeria.
History.
Mass media and culture -- Nigeria -- History.
Mass media and culture.
Nigeria -- Civilization -- 20th century.
Civilization.
Chronological Term 20th century
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