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Rethinking African cultural production /

Frieda Ekotto, Kenneth W. Harrow, and an international group of scholars set forth new understandings of the conditions of contemporary African cultural production in this forward-looking volume. Arguing that it is impossible to understand African cultural productions without knowledge of the struct...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ekotto, Frieda (Editor ), Harrow, Kenneth W. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Frieda Ekotto, Kenneth W. Harrow, and an international group of scholars set forth new understandings of the conditions of contemporary African cultural production in this forward-looking volume. Arguing that it is impossible to understand African cultural productions without knowledge of the structures of production, distribution, and reception that surround them, the essays grapple with the shifting notion of what "African" means when many African authors and filmmakers no longer live or work in Africa. While the arts continue to flourish in Africa, addressing questions about marginalization, what is center and what periphery, what traditional or conservative, and what progressive or modern requires an expansive view of creative production
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780253016034
0253016037