Postcolonial Artists and Global Aesthetics /

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What happens when social and political processes such as globalization shape cultural production? Drawing on a range of writers and filmmakers from Africa and elsewhere, Akin Adesokan explores the forces at work in the production and circulation of culture in a globalized world. He tackles problems...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Adesokan, Akinwumi
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2011.
Series:African expressive cultures.
Subjects:
Social sciences.
Fine Arts.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > Africa.
Motion pictures and globalization.
Intercultural communication in motion pictures.
Literature and globalization.
African diaspora in literature.
Literature and society.
Society in literature.
Sciences sociales.
Cinéma > Aspect social > Afrique.
Cinéma et mondialisation.
Communication interculturelle au cinéma.
Littérature et mondialisation.
Africains > Pays étrangers, dans la littérature.
Littérature et société.
social sciences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Social aspects.
Film
Literatur
Globalisierung
Postkolonialismus
Kulturkontakt
Schwarze
Film.
Literatur.
Postkolonialismus.
Globalisierung.
Kulturkontakt.
Gesellschaft.
Interkulturalität.
Africa > In motion pictures.
Africa.
Afrika.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Generic Transformations at the Crossroads of Capital; 1. C.L.R. James Sees the World Steadily; 2. Fitful Decolonization; 3. Tunde Kelani's Nollywood; 4. Jean-Pierre Bekolo and the Challenges of Aesthetic Populism; 5. Imaginary Citizenship: Caryl Phillips's Atlantic World; 6. Spirits of Bandung: A Sarcastic Subject Writes to Empire; Conclusion: Being African in the World; Notes; List of References; Filmography; Index.

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