Noah Tsika
Biographic Data
| ID | 96333 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Noah Tsika |
| GIVEN NAMES | Noah |
| FAMILY NAME | Tsika |
| SIGNATURE | TSIKA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queens College, CUNY |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8516-356X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Nollywood internationalism
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, con…
From Wartime Instruction to Superpower Cinema
“I Have My Choice”
To imagine historical subjects as "gay, " "lesbian, " or as "transgender" ignores the radically diff er ent understandings of self and the contexts that underpinned the practices and lives of historical subjects.
Miracles from Mexico
When DStv, the main digital satellite television provider on the African continent and a subsidiary of the South African conglomerate MultiChoice, began offering the Nigerian soap opera Taste of Love in early 2015, it promoted the series as ‘Nigeria’s first telenovela’ - the culmination of MultiChoice’s efforts to combine two distinct yet frequently entangled entertainment forms: Latin American, Spanish-language telenovelas, which have long been …
From Wartime Instruction to Superpower Cinema
This chapter, by Noah Tsika, considers the U.S. military’s cultivation of documentary as a form of “useful cinema,” arguing that the institution’s emphasis on formal hybridity and pedagogic adaptability, far from being a neutral reflection of the contingencies of wartime, was, in fact, strategic—part of a broader attempt to naturalize the large-scale military and ensure its permanence. Even when the military identified them as timely documents de…
Blue transfusions
The present proliferation of online porn aggregators offers a distinct set of promises and challenges to porn production, consumption, and theorization. This article traces the online pirating of some of queer cinema’s steamiest sex scenes through questions of technology, access, classification, and affect, arguing that the gay-identified porn aggregator comprises a unique kind of counterpublic space. Suggesting a new ‘gay underground’ that honou…
CompuQueer
How has the concept of a queer method achieved coherence and popularity online, without becoming synonymous with an ethos of extreme, indiscriminate inclusivity—with a sense that “anything goes,” especially on the Internet and especially under the banner of “queer”? How do digital-networked technologies both manufacture and undermine the intelligibility of specifically queer methods? This essay considers these questions through the close analysis…
Nollywood Stars
Viewing African Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: Art Films and the Nollywood Video Revolution edited by Mahir Saul and Ralph A. Austen (Ohio University Press, 2010). ISBN 9780821419311.
The “Osuofia” Connection
THE “OSUOFIA” CONNECTION: NOTES ON A NOLLYWOOD FILM CYCLE - Reginald Ebere and Abel “Success” Ebere, directors. Osuofia in Brazil. 2013. 211 minutes. English, Igbo, Yorùbá, and Pidgin. Nigeria. O-Gabby Innovations Ltd. No price reported. - Kensteve Anuka, director. Osuofia the Village Teacher.2014. 105 minutes. English, Igbo, and Pidgin. Nigeria. Global Update Movies. No price reported. - Emeka Nwosu, director. Osuofia and the Widow.2014. 140 min…
‘Be Wary of Working Boys’
In recent years, Western media outlets have upheld sub-Saharan African countries as tourist destinations for gay and lesbian travellers, while simultaneously positioning these countries as hotbeds of heterosexism and homophobia. At the same time, however, African media industries have generated a veritable explosion of sophisticated depictions of queer youth, particularly in Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria. In an alarming number of instances, the West…
 Be Wary of Working Boysâ
Blue transfusions
The present proliferation of online porn aggregators offers a distinct set of promises and challenges to porn production, consumption, and theorization. This article traces the online pirating of some of queer cinema’s steamiest sex scenes through questions of technology, access, classification, and affect, arguing that the gay-identified porn aggregator comprises a unique kind of counterpublic space. Suggesting a new ‘gay underground’ that honou…
CompuQueer
How has the concept of a queer method achieved coherence and popularity online, without becoming synonymous with an ethos of extreme, indiscriminate inclusivity—with a sense that “anything goes,” especially on the Internet and especially under the banner of “queer”? How do digital-networked technologies both manufacture and undermine the intelligibility of specifically queer methods? This essay considers these questions through the close analysis…
The “Osuofia” Connection
THE “OSUOFIA” CONNECTION: NOTES ON A NOLLYWOOD FILM CYCLE - Reginald Ebere and Abel “Success” Ebere, directors. Osuofia in Brazil. 2013. 211 minutes. English, Igbo, Yorùbá, and Pidgin. Nigeria. O-Gabby Innovations Ltd. No price reported. - Kensteve Anuka, director. Osuofia the Village Teacher.2014. 105 minutes. English, Igbo, and Pidgin. Nigeria. Global Update Movies. No price reported. - Emeka Nwosu, director. Osuofia and the Widow.2014. 140 min…
Miracles from Mexico
When DStv, the main digital satellite television provider on the African continent and a subsidiary of the South African conglomerate MultiChoice, began offering the Nigerian soap opera Taste of Love in early 2015, it promoted the series as ‘Nigeria’s first telenovela’ - the culmination of MultiChoice’s efforts to combine two distinct yet frequently entangled entertainment forms: Latin American, Spanish-language telenovelas, which have long been …
‘Be Wary of Working Boys’
In recent years, Western media outlets have upheld sub-Saharan African countries as tourist destinations for gay and lesbian travellers, while simultaneously positioning these countries as hotbeds of heterosexism and homophobia. At the same time, however, African media industries have generated a veritable explosion of sophisticated depictions of queer youth, particularly in Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria. In an alarming number of instances, the West…
 Be Wary of Working Boysâ
Nollywood Stars
Viewing African Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: Art Films and the Nollywood Video Revolution edited by Mahir Saul and Ralph A. Austen (Ohio University Press, 2010). ISBN 9780821419311.
The “Osuofia” Connection
THE “OSUOFIA” CONNECTION: NOTES ON A NOLLYWOOD FILM CYCLE - Reginald Ebere and Abel “Success” Ebere, directors. Osuofia in Brazil. 2013. 211 minutes. English, Igbo, Yorùbá, and Pidgin. Nigeria. O-Gabby Innovations Ltd. No price reported. - Kensteve Anuka, director. Osuofia the Village Teacher.2014. 105 minutes. English, Igbo, and Pidgin. Nigeria. Global Update Movies. No price reported. - Emeka Nwosu, director. Osuofia and the Widow.2014. 140 min…
Blue transfusions
The present proliferation of online porn aggregators offers a distinct set of promises and challenges to porn production, consumption, and theorization. This article traces the online pirating of some of queer cinema’s steamiest sex scenes through questions of technology, access, classification, and affect, arguing that the gay-identified porn aggregator comprises a unique kind of counterpublic space. Suggesting a new ‘gay underground’ that honou…
CompuQueer
How has the concept of a queer method achieved coherence and popularity online, without becoming synonymous with an ethos of extreme, indiscriminate inclusivity—with a sense that “anything goes,” especially on the Internet and especially under the banner of “queer”? How do digital-networked technologies both manufacture and undermine the intelligibility of specifically queer methods? This essay considers these questions through the close analysis…
From Wartime Instruction to Superpower Cinema
This chapter, by Noah Tsika, considers the U.S. military’s cultivation of documentary as a form of “useful cinema,” arguing that the institution’s emphasis on formal hybridity and pedagogic adaptability, far from being a neutral reflection of the contingencies of wartime, was, in fact, strategic—part of a broader attempt to naturalize the large-scale military and ensure its permanence. Even when the military identified them as timely documents de…
From Wartime Instruction to Superpower Cinema
“I Have My Choice”
To imagine historical subjects as "gay, " "lesbian, " or as "transgender" ignores the radically diff er ent understandings of self and the contexts that underpinned the practices and lives of historical subjects.
Miracles from Mexico
When DStv, the main digital satellite television provider on the African continent and a subsidiary of the South African conglomerate MultiChoice, began offering the Nigerian soap opera Taste of Love in early 2015, it promoted the series as ‘Nigeria’s first telenovela’ - the culmination of MultiChoice’s efforts to combine two distinct yet frequently entangled entertainment forms: Latin American, Spanish-language telenovelas, which have long been …
Nollywood internationalism
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, con…
Sociology (7 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works)