Rethinking African Cultural Production

Kenneth W Harrow

ISBN 10: 0253015979 / ISBN 13: 9780253015976

Published by Indiana University Press Mai 2015, 2015

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Neuware - 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rethinking African Cultural Production
• Publisher: Indiana University Press Mai 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253015979
• ISBN 13: 9780253015976
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 236W x 156H x 22D millimeters 236 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 453 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Frieda Ekotto is Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, and Comparative Literature and Francophone Studies at the University of Michigan.

Kenneth W. Harrow is Distinguished Professor of English at Michigan State University. He is author of Trash: African Cinema from Below (IUP, 2013).