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Cultural Economy and Television in Jamaica and Ghana

#decolonization2point0

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  1. Deborah Hickling Gordon

    1. The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

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  • Explains and analyses the transformation of television in Jamaica and Ghana
  • Represents the first critical examination and comparison of cultural and creative industries and economy concepts in the Caribbean and Africa
  • Examines the impact of decolonization on the formulation of nation-specific cultural policy

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: Time Changes

    • Deborah Hickling Gordon
    Pages 1-18

  3. Sankofa’s Song

    • Deborah Hickling Gordon
    Pages 19-40

  4. From TV to AV in Jamaica: Commerce, Copyright, Convergence and Conduits

    • Deborah Hickling Gordon
    Pages 41-64

  5. From TV to AV in Jamaica: Creative Work, Content and Consumption

    • Deborah Hickling Gordon
    Pages 65-87

  6. From TV to AV in Ghana: Commerce, Copyright, Convergence and Conduits

    • Deborah Hickling Gordon
    Pages 89-106

  7. From TV to AV in Ghana: Creative Work, Content and Consumption

    • Deborah Hickling Gordon
    Pages 107-131

  8. #decolonization2point0: Follow the Star

    • Deborah Hickling Gordon
    Pages 133-162

  9. South Star for Jamaica

    • Deborah Hickling Gordon
    Pages 163-185

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 187-194
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About this book

This book proposes contemporary decolonization as an approach to developing cultural economies in the Global South.  It presents the account of the transformation of television in Jamaica and Ghana to audiovisual subsectors; from cultural institutions to cultural industries and then subsectors of emerging cultural economies as representative case studies. ‘Glocal’ changes are presented within five organizing phenomena: philosophical, ideological, and economic change, and their impact on governance and the operational transformation of the television sectors of Jamaica and Ghana. This book represents the first critical examination and comparison of cultural and creative industries (CCI) and economy concepts in the Caribbean and Africa. It is an original contribution to the development of strategies that influence processes, structures, and policies related to the cultural economy concept and those required to improve television industries. This process of describing culturally specific characteristics of CCI is designed to be applicable to the CCI of developing countries including those in Africa and the Caribbean, where interpretations and implementation suited for advanced industrial nations have been insufficiently questioned and challenged.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

    Deborah Hickling Gordon

About the author

Deborah Hickling Gordon is a communication and culture-in-development specialist. She is a member of the UNESCO Expert Facility on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2019-2022) and coordinates the Bachelors of Cultural and Creative Industries programme at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. As an audiovisual producer specializing in television production, she has local, regional and international production credits.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cultural Economy and Television in Jamaica and Ghana

  • Book Subtitle: #decolonization2point0

  • Authors: Deborah Hickling Gordon

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38065-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-38064-9Published: 26 November 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-38067-0Published: 27 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-38065-6Published: 25 November 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 194

  • Topics: Media Policy, Film/TV Industry, African Cinema and TV

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