Signal and Noise: Media, Infrastructure, and Urban Culture in Nigeria

摘要: Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Infrastructure, the Colonial Sublime, and Indirect Rule 16 2. Unstable Objects: The Making of Radio in Nigeria 48 3. Majigi, Film, State Publicity, Political Form Cinema 73 4. Colonialism Built Space 123 5. Immaterial Urbanism Cinematic Event 146 6. Extravagant Aesthetics: Instability Excessive World Nigerian Film 168 7. Degraded Images, Distorted Sounds: Video Infrastructure Piracy 217 Conclusion 242 Notes 257 Bibliography 277 Index 301