Journal article
Global frictions and the production of locality in Kenya’s music video industry
Media, culture & society, Vol.40(2), pp.211-227
03/2018
DOI: 10.1177/0163443717707340
Abstract
This article explores the relationship between global imaginaries, frictions, and the production of locality through an examination of the Kenyan music video industry. Localities are constructed, in part, through the constitutive work of the imagination. Friction occurs when divergent constructions of the global imaginary become entangled with each other. Through an examination of the production, distribution, and reception of Kenyan music videos, this study identifies three types of friction that occur in cultural production: collaborative frictions, in which collectivities work across differences toward a common cause; combative frictions, in which collectivities are positioned in direct opposition to each other; and competitive frictions, in which the interests of different collectivities conflict at times and align at others. This study contributes to scholarship on cultural production in non-Western contexts by articulating hybridity as both an antecedent to and outcome of transcultural exchange.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Global frictions and the production of locality in Kenya’s music video industry
- Creators
- Brian Ekdale - The University of Iowa, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Media, culture & society, Vol.40(2), pp.211-227
- DOI
- 10.1177/0163443717707340
- ISSN
- 0163-4437
- eISSN
- 1460-3675
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2018
- Academic Unit
- Center for Social Science Innovation; Public Policy Center (Archive); School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Record Identifier
- 9984083838602771
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