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UNINA9910461472003321 |
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Autore |
Adesokan Akinwumi |
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Titolo |
Postcolonial artists and global aesthetics [[electronic resource] /] / Akin Adesokan |
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-23592-7 |
9786613235923 |
0-253-00550-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (254 p.) |
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Collana |
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African expressive cultures |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Motion pictures - Social aspects - Africa |
Motion pictures and globalization |
Intercultural communication in motion pictures |
Literature and globalization |
African diaspora in literature |
Literature and society |
Electronic books. |
Africa In motion pictures |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: generic transformations at the crossroads of capital -- C.L.R. James sees the world steadily -- Fitful decolonization: Xala and the poetics of double fetishism -- Tunde Kelani's Nollywood: aesthetics of exhortation -- Jean-Pierre Bekolo and the challenges of aesthetic populism -- Imaginary citizenship: Caryl Phillips's Atlantic world -- Spirits of Bandung: a sarcastic subject writes to empire -- Conclusion: being African in the world. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 such as artistic representation in the era of decolonization, the uneven development of aesthetics across |
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