LEADER 03160nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910789738803321 005 20230126204944.0 010 $a1-283-23592-7 010 $a9786613235923 010 $a0-253-00550-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000130883 035 $a(EBL)670305 035 $a(OCoLC)768081345 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC670305 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17188 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL670305 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10574931 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL323592 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000130883 100 $a20110404d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPostcolonial artists and global aesthetics$b[electronic resource] /$fAkin Adesokan 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 225 1 $aAfrican expressive cultures 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-22345-8 311 $a0-253-35679-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references, filmography and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aWhat happens when social and political processes such as globalization shape cultural production? Drawing on a range of writers and filmmakers from Africa and elsewhere, Akin Adesokan explores the forces at work in the production and circulation of culture in a globalized world. He tackles problems such as artistic representation in the era of decolonization, the uneven development of aesthetics across the world, and the impact of location and commodity culture on genres, with a distinctive approach that exposes the global processes transforming cultural forms. 410 0$aAfrican expressive cultures. 606 $aMotion pictures$xSocial aspects$zAfrica 606 $aMotion pictures and globalization 606 $aIntercultural communication in motion pictures 606 $aLiterature and globalization 606 $aAfrican diaspora in literature 606 $aLiterature and society 607 $aAfrica$xIn motion pictures 615 0$aMotion pictures$xSocial aspects 615 0$aMotion pictures and globalization. 615 0$aIntercultural communication in motion pictures. 615 0$aLiterature and globalization. 615 0$aAfrican diaspora in literature. 615 0$aLiterature and society. 676 $a302.23/43096 700 $aAdesokan$b Akinwumi$01497663 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789738803321 996 $aPostcolonial artists and global aesthetics$93722895 997 $aUNINA