In Search of the Afropolitan (Paperback)

Eva Rask Knudsen

ISBN 10: 1783483547 / ISBN 13: 9781783483549

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2016

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Paperback. In Search of the Afropolitan explores human encounters and moments that speak to the challenges of being a 21st century African of the world. Against the background of an engaging evaluation of the heated debate on Afropolitanism and what constitutes an Afropolitan, the authors turn to literature and its intrinsic capacity for unfolding the human figure of the African as inherently complex and multidimensional. Through a detailed probing of the Afropolitan in literary narratives, the book enters into conversations about self-understanding and the signification of Africa in the contexts of global mobility. The book conceives of Afropolitanism as a flexible space of inquiry that curbs the inclination to set the definition of the ism in stone. Instead, it attempts to distil, through close-up character analyses, a multifarious sense of what it means to be Afropolitan in the contemporary moment. In that sense, the encounters we come across in the literary narratives produce unexpected ontological negotiations on what it means to be African in the world today. As a special feature of In Search of the Afropolitan,the authors conversations with prominent writers, thinkers, and critics provide a lively context for the ongoing debate on Afropolitanism and the Afropolitan. A dissemination of the figure of the Afropolitan from a critical literary angle. It attempts to explore a field of study which lacks a comprehensive literary approach to ways of being Afropolitan in the 21st century. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Search of the Afropolitan (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783483547
• ISBN 13: 9781783483549
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A dissemination of the figure of the 'Afropolitan' from a critical literary angle. It attempts to explore a field of study which lacks a comprehensive literary approach to ways of being Afropolitan in the 21st century.

About the Author

Eva Rask Knudsen is an Associate Professor of Postcolonial and Global Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

Ulla Rahbek is an Associate Professor of Postcolonial and Global Studies at the University of Copenhagen.