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BEYOND THE LENS: KEMI ADETIBA’S KING OF BOYS AS A METAPHOR FOR POWER AND ORDER IN DEMOCRATIC NIGERIA Onifade, Oluwafemi Sunday
The Journal of Society and Media Vol 4, No 1 (2020): Digital Era in Society and Media
Publisher : Department of Social Science, Faculty of Social Science &Law, Universitas Negeri Surabaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26740/jsm.v4n1.p31-48

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This study examines the symbolic representations of Nigerian social reality in the movie ?King of Boys?. Social reality in this instance is examined from the perspective of official and unofficial political and economic power, influence, and coercion. Based on the framework of Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles Sanders Peirce?s semiotics and semiology theory, the study aims to examines the symbolic relationship between characters, scenes, and institutions in the Kemi Adetiba?s ?King of Boys? and the realities in the Nigerian political and security sectors. Using the methodological approach of Critical Discourse Analysis, the study found that the movie is a bold attempt at representing the intricate power relations that exists within Nigerian political circles as well as that which exists between the Nigerian political class and organized crime
Beyond the Lens: Kemi Adetiba’s King of Boys as A Metaphor for Power and Order in Democratic Nigeria Onifade, Oluwafemi Sunday
The Journal of Society and Media Vol 4, No 1 (2020): Digital Era in Society and Media
Publisher : Department of Social Science, Faculty of Social Science &Law, Universitas Negeri Surabaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26740/jsm.v4n1.p31-48

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This study examines the symbolic representations of Nigerian social reality in the movie “King of Boys”. Social reality in this instance is examined from the perspective of official and unofficial political and economic power, influence, and coercion. Based on the framework of Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles Sanders Peirce’s semiotics and semiology theory, the study aims to examines the symbolic relationship between characters, scenes, and institutions in the Kemi Adetiba’s “King of Boys” and the realities in the Nigerian political and security sectors. Using the methodological approach of Critical Discourse Analysis, the study found that the movie is a bold attempt at representing the intricate power relations that exists within Nigerian political circles as well as that which exists between the Nigerian political class and organized crime
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