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Author Adesokan, Akinwumi.

Title Postcolonial Artists and Global Aesthetics / Akin Adesokan.

Publication Info. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, [2011]
©2011
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Description 1 online resource (xix, 230 pages) : illustrations.
text file
Series African expressive cultures
African expressive cultures.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
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.
Summary 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 the world, and the impact of location and commodity culture on genres, with a distinctive approach that.
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Subject Social sciences.
Social sciences.
Fine Arts.
Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- Africa.
Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
Africa.
Motion pictures and globalization.
Motion pictures and globalization.
Intercultural communication in motion pictures.
Intercultural communication in motion pictures.
Literature and globalization.
Literature and globalization.
African diaspora in literature.
African diaspora in literature.
Literature and society.
Literature and society.
Africa -- In motion pictures.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Adesokan, Akinwumi. Postcolonial Artists and Global Aesthetics. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2011 9780253356796 (DLC) 2011014035 (OCoLC)696100046
ISBN 9780253005502 electronic book
0253005507 electronic book
9780253356796
0253356792
9780253223456
0253223458
1283235927
9781283235921
Standard No. 9786613235923

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