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Journal articles on the topic "Nollywood films"

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Oroma Lois, WORLU,, Harcourt-Whyte, Ofonmbuk, and Stella C. Enyindah. "The Influence of Nollywood Female Representations on Perception in Rivers State: An Analysis of Adire (2023) and Wura (2023)." International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science IX, no. V (2025): 3010–25. https://doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2025.905000235.

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This study investigated the influence of female representations of women in Rivers State, Nigeria, focusing on gender depiction in select Nollywood films. The study employs a descriptive survey research approach complemented by content analysis of two contemporary Nollywood films, Adire (2023) and Wura (2023), to explore the influence of Nollywood’s representation of women on perception in Rivers State. The findings reveal that while Nollywood films have made some progress in diversifying female character roles, traditional gender stereotypes such as women being primarily depicted in domestic,
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Adesemoye, Steven Anu'. "Perception and Acceptance of Nollywood as Nigeria’s Cultural Ambassador among University Students." European Journal of Communication and Media Studies 2, no. 4 (2023): 9–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejmedia.2023.2.4.3.

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Nollywood is considered the site of popular culture and harbinger of cultural renaissance, especially amongst young adults confronted daily with the remote acculturation that foreign films offer. While many stakeholders believe that Nollywood, the second most prolific film industry, dispenses cultural knowledge and memory across borders, Nigerian tertiary students are suspected of preferring Western flicks or vacillating between foreign and local films. Consequently, this study was conceived to ascertain if Nigerian students perceive Nollywood as a cultural industry and Nigeria’s cultural amba
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Ryan, Connor. "New Nollywood: A Sketch of Nollywood’s Metropolitan New Style." African Studies Review 58, no. 3 (2015): 55–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2015.75.

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Abstract:Recent experimentation by Nollywood producers has encouraged increasing differentiation of film practices as a strategy for contending with a demanding video market. “New Nollywood” refers to a select group of aesthetically sophisticated films intended for a new tiered distribution method, beginning with theatrical release and ending with DVD release. Nigeria’s upscale multiplex cinemas are therefore a starting point for examining what is new—and not so new—in Nollywood. This article argues that New Nollywood films and the cinemas in which they appear appeal directly to spectators’ se
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Okwulogu, Maureen. "Cultural Specificity in Nollywood comedy films." International Journal of Research in Social Science and Humanities 06, no. 01 (2025): 71–78. https://doi.org/10.47505/ijrss.2025.1.5.

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In his seminal work on humor, Noel Carroll suggests that comedy is deeply rooted in the cultural context in which it originates, and its resonance may be confined to specific societies, struggling to transcend national boundaries. This paper explores Carroll's assertion within the context of Nollywood, Nigeria's vibrant and diverse film industry. With over 250 ethnic groups, numerous languages, and a wide range of comedic sensibilities, Nollywood offers a compelling case study for investigating the culturalspecificity of comedy. This study focuses on two Nollywood films, The Wedding Party Part
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Hanmakyugh, Teddy Thaddeus. "Ritual culture phenomenon in Igbo films: a study of Money is Money." EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts 7, no. 1-2 (2020): 374–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejotmas.v7i1-2.25.

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Film as a means of communication is a very potent instrument for image making, cultural diplomacy, propaganda, education, information and entertainment. The Nigerian film industry (Nollywood) ranks among the first three top world filmmaking industries in terms of the quantity of productions, popularity amongst Nigerians and the transnational audiences. Culture is the bedrock of Nollywood’s thematic film expositions. One can, therefore, conclude that Nollywood is Nigeria’s cultural ambassador. Although Nollywood films are quite potent in celebrating and promoting Nigerian cultures, some of thes
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Tsika, Noah. "Nollywood internationalism: Filmic entanglements on Nigerian terrain." Journal of African Cinemas 16, no. 2 (2024): 169–86. https://doi.org/10.1386/jac_00119_1.

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Nollywood’s global diffusion is presently dependent as much on American corporations like Netflix and Amazon – prominent sources of streaming versions of Nollywood films – as on continuous Afro-diasporic practices of bootlegging and gift exchange. But its past was at least as haunted by Hollywood as its much-streamed, multiplexed present. This article considers the longstanding imbrication of Nollywood and Hollywood as generative of multiple, contested ‘images of Africa’, arguing that we must resist binary oppositions between the two geocultural sites of cinema and instead insist on a producti
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Haynes, Jonathan. "Nollywood in Lagos, Lagos in Nollywood Films." Africa Today 54, no. 2 (2007): 130–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/aft.2007.54.2.130.

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Odedina, Joe. "Aesthetic of Choreographic Stunts in the Nigerian Nollywood." Cognizance Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies 5, no. 1 (2025): 534–43. https://doi.org/10.47760/cognizance.2025.v05i01.042.

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The Nigerian Nollywood has validated itself through the recent ranking by placing second to Bollywood of India and third to Hollywood of America in its popularity positioning. This acceptance is as a result of its rich content, treatment of social vices and the celebration of Nigeria’s multi-plurality. However, most of the films are bereft of rich choreographic stunts. Indeed, choreographic stunts are seen as ingeniously deployed creative additions that spice up the overall aesthetics of film. Consequently, the study examines the aesthetic of choreographic stunts in the Nigerian Nollywood thro
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Endong, Floribert Patrick C. "Nollywood in Cameroon: Transnationalisation and Reception of a Dynamic Cinematic Culture." CINEJ Cinema Journal 6, no. 2 (2018): 129–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2017.175.

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The Nigerian film industry (Nollywood) has phenomenally exploded to the extent of affecting audiences and social institutions in various African countries. In Cameroon particularly, various indications suggest that the industry is positively received, despite the persistence of perceptible anti-Nigerian and nationalist feelings among sections of the country’s audiences and communities of cinema ideologues. Using empirical understandings, observations and secondary sources, this paper seeks to explore how the Nollywood phenomenon is manifested and received in the Cameroonian market. It precisel
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Endong, Floribert Patrick C. "From “Makers of Images” to Cineastes? Looking Critically at Festivals and Critics’ Reception of Nollywood." CINEJ Cinema Journal 11, no. 1 (2023): 358–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2023.533.

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At its inception in the early 1990s, the Nollywood film movement did not attract a positive appraisal from most “learned” critics. Its non-conformist approach to filmmaking made most critics to associate it with the act of just “making images” as well as a lack of respect for cinema. Even major film festivals seemed “not friendly” to Nollywood films. Today, the quality of Nollywood films has remarkably improved even though much is still to be done. However, it remains important to examine if such improvement in quality has affected international film critics’ reception of Nollywood films. Usin
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Nollywood films"

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Joseph, Morountodun. "Female filmakers: Towards reconstructing women's images in Nollywood films." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30052.

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The last five years have produced a steady increase of women in creative and technical roles in Nollywood. Against the backdrop that women have mostly been portrayed in demeaning ways in a male-dominated industry, this research explores the films of four contemporary female filmmakers, and pays critical attention to the advancement of women’s on-screen images and their narratives. Through the textual analysis of films by four female filmmakers, namely Rukky Sanda, Michelle Bello, Stephanie Okereke-Linus and Omoni Oboli, whose films were produced between 2013 and 2016, I critically analyse thei
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Chimbuto, Joseph George Salijeni. "The representation of women in Nollywood films : an investigation of its impact on audiences in Malawi." Thesis, University of Roehampton, 2015. https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/the-representation-of-women-in-nollywood-films(35ee0cba-53cc-4b58-821d-ede1bfd0c4ce).html.

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Since its emergence two decades ago, the Nollywood film industry is fast becoming social, cultural and economic phenomenon among Malawian audiences. Every year, Nollywood actors visit Malawi and some Malawi print media have columns dedicated to Nollywood. According to unofficial statistics carried out by this study, nine out of every ten film enthusiasts in Malawi’s rural areas are Nollywood fanatics, and at least seven out of ten people in the urban areas frequently watch Nollywood films. The films are more popular than both Hollywood and Bollywood films. It could be argued that this populari
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Aromona, Olushola. "Portrayal of African Women in Nollywood Films over a Five-Year Period: A Content Analysis of Traits Applying the Stereotype Content Model." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3166.

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Previous research shows that perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs are cultivated via media exposure. A content analysis of stereotypical traits in five Nollywood movies in a five-year span examines the prevalent portrayals of women in the Nigerian movie industry – Nollywood, and the effect of these portrayals on reinforcement of stereotypical norms and perpetuation of gender disparity. Cultivation and Objectification theories were the theoretical frameworks for this study. Findings revealed no significant change in the stereotypical portrayals of women in the past five years. From the movies an
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Sylvanus, E. "Nollywood film music : shades of identity." Thesis, City, University of London, 2018. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/19927/.

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Nollywood is the branded name of Nigeria’s unique and globally recognised film industry. For over two decades (since 1992), the products of mainstream Nollywood film and music practitioners have been continually presented as a reflection and representation of the Nigerian society. Yet those creative and cultural underpinnings in Nollywood film music––processes, approach, symbology, commerce, and identity––have remained undocumented. This ethnomusicological research aims to establish verifiable evidence of Nigerian musical culture in the actions and inactions, assertions, and subversions within
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Blomgren, Joel, and Tim Viklund. "Distribution i Nollywood -En Potentiell Framtid." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-72111.

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Nollywoods distribution is a complex phenomenon that is ever changing. With a competing market, the industry needs to constantly keep up with innovative distribution methods. As the VCD/DVD market fades away, newer distribution platforms rise. In this thesis we are going to analyze and discuss Nollywood's opportunities of growth. With empirical material from previous research and direct contact with professionals in the industry through interviews, we can establish how Nollywood is going to flourish.
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Igwe, Ezinne. "Formalizing Nollywood : gentrification in the contemporary Nigerian film industry." Thesis, Birmingham City University, 2018. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.753291.

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This study investigates transformations in the Nigerian film industry, focusing specifically on a segment of the industry known as Nollywood. Typically characterized as an informal industry due to its low budgets and unofficial modes of distribution, Nollywood is regularly referred to as a success story, accounting for $7.2 billion (1.42%) of Nigeria’s gross domestic product. Because of this success, the Nigerian government, under the President Goodluck Jonathan administration (2010-2015), introduced various mechanisms to formalize and economize Nollywood in the quest to maximize its potential
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Makhubu, Nomusa Mary. "The fantastic subject: a visio-cultural study of Nollywood video-film." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1021166.

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The increasing popularity of Nigerian video-film, defined as the ‘Nollywood phenomenon’ (Barrot 2008, Haynes 2010, Adesokan 2011), has attracted recent interdisciplinary academic attention, now known as ‘Nollywood Studies’. The aesthetics and ideological approach of Nollywood video-film are often differentiated from those of the long-established and illustrious African Cinema. Films of Africa are, however, generally characterised by seemingly unique forms of the fantastic – an uneasy theme in scholarship on Nollywood. Although Nollywood video-film is commended by some scholars, its representat
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Ebelebe, Ugo Ben. "The Impact of Digital Technology on Emerging Film Industries (Lessons from Nigeria)." Thesis, Griffith University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/370402.

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The Nigerian film industry is currently experiencing significant structural transformation stimulated by the use of new technologies in its production, distribution and exhibition modes. This research investigates how advances in digital technology are enhancing the aesthetic and narratives of screen content producers in Nigeria in their effort to become relevant in the global marketplace. This thesis will discuss key aspects of digital storytelling in the industry by examining the processes and strategies of ‘new generation’ filmmakers in Nigeria. It will also look at how digital exhibition i
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Arthur, Tori. "The Reimagined Paradise: African Immigrants in the United States, Nollywood Film, and the Digital Remediation of 'Home'." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1467889165.

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Nunes, Tomás Watts Rodrigues Sarmento. "The internationalization of film industries through SVOD platforms : the case of Nollywood." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/35027.

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Nollywood is the second largest film industry in the world in terms of films produced per year. This industry has been experiencing a huge growth in the last decade, becoming quite popular among African countries and the African diaspora. However, Nollywood still remains quite unfamiliar for global audiences. In recent years SVOD platforms have been disseminating international content online. This trend resulted in the popularization and internationalization of emerging film industries. Thus, we have been witnessing the creating of global phenomena such as the Spanish language series Money Hei
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Books on the topic "Nollywood films"

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Saul, Mahir. Viewing African cinema in the twenty-first century: Art films and the Nollywood video revolution. Ohio University Press, 2010.

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Tsika, Noah. African Media in an Age of Extraction. Amsterdam University Press, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789048561254.

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African Media in an Age of Extraction takes a fresh, site-specific look at the relationship between moving images and the mining of natural resources, arguing that where we “place” Nollywood and other industries has important practical and conceptual consequences. Such locations are not just spatial metaphors but also tangible geographies with material connections to extractive economies. Sites of film production are often spaces of oil prospecting, timber harvesting, and mineral extraction—natural environments continuously transformed by capital. African Media in an Age of Extraction links su
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Nollywood. Prestel Pub, 2009.

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Viewing African cinema in the twenty-first century: Art films and the Nollywood video revolution. Ohio University Press, 2010.

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Brown, Matthew H. Indirect Subjects. Duke University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9781478021506.

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In Indirect Subjects, Matthew H. Brown analyzes the content of the prolific Nigerian film industry's mostly direct-to-video movies alongside local practices of production and circulation to show how screen media play spatial roles in global power relations. Scrutinizing the deep structural and aesthetic relationship between Nollywood, as the industry is known, and Nigerian state television, Brown tracks how several Nollywood films, in ways similar to both state television programs and colonial cinema productions, invite local spectators to experience liberal capitalism not only as a form of ex
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Rossoukh, Ramyar D., and Steven C. Caton, eds. Anthropology, Film Industries, Modularity. Duke University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9781478022190.

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From Bangladesh and Hong Kong to Iran and South Africa, film industries around the world are rapidly growing at a time when new digital technologies are fundamentally changing how films are made and viewed. Larger film industries like Bollywood and Nollywood aim to attain Hollywood's audience and profitability, while smaller, less commercial, and often state-funded enterprises support various cultural and political projects. The contributors to Anthropology, Film Industries, Modularity take an ethnographic and comparative approach to capturing the diversity and growth of global film industries
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Percy, Carol. Researching World Englishes in HEL Courses. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190611040.003.0021.

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This chapter describes assignments used to teach the History of the English Language (HEL) and its contemporary counterpart the English Language in the World. In both of these courses, linguistic concepts can be linked to literary analysis, which helps students learn how to analyze code-switching and/or style-shifting in the context of a literary argument. For discovering and interpreting issues about the status and use of English around the world, students have a number of options. For example, after reading specific articles about slang generally and analyzing examples chosen in class, some
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Haynes, Jonathan. Nollywood: The Creation of Nigerian Film Genres. University of Chicago Press, 2016.

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Nollywood: The Making of a Film Empire. Columbia Global Reports, 2016.

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Nollywood: The making of a film empire. Columbia Global Reports, 2017.

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Book chapters on the topic "Nollywood films"

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Esan, Oluyinka. "Audience Appreciation of Nigerian Films (Nollywood)." In Valuing Films. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230305854_8.

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Obiora, Adanma Vivian, and Anthony Ogbonna Uche. "Portrayals of Violent Attacks in Nigeria Represented in Selected Nollywood Films." In Media and Communication Systems for Sustainability in Nigeria. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75221-6_18.

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Sawadogo, Boukary. "Nollywood." In African Film Studies, 2nd ed. Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003246763-14.

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Jedlowski, Alessandro. "Film Marketing in Nollywood." In Film Marketing into the Twenty-First Century. British Film Institute, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84457-841-2_9.

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Alabi, Soji. "Challenges of Technological Innovation in Nollywood Film Production." In Nollywood in Glocal Perspective. Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30663-2_4.

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Omoera, Osakue Stevenson. "Genre Preferences Among the Benin Video-Film Audience in Nollywood." In Nollywood in Glocal Perspective. Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30663-2_8.

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Abubakar, Abdulmutallib Ado, and Sharafa Dauda. "Socio-Economic Psychology of Nigeria’s Nollywood and Kannywood Film Industries." In Nollywood in Glocal Perspective. Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30663-2_9.

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Husseini, Shaibu Hassan, and Oloruntola A. Sunday. "From Nigeria Film Industry to Nollywood: Land-Marking the Growth of the New Wave Cinema." In Nollywood in Glocal Perspective. Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30663-2_2.

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Hale, Heather. "To Hollywood, Bollywood, Nollywood — and Beyond!" In How to Work the Film & TV Markets. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315755359-4.

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Yékú, James. "Nollywood film posters and print urbanism in Lagos." In The Routledge Companion to Media and the City. Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003007678-7.

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