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The Resource Art, Creativity, and Politics in Africa and the Diaspora, edited by Abimbola Adelakun, Toyin Falola, (electronic resource)

Art, Creativity, and Politics in Africa and the Diaspora, edited by Abimbola Adelakun, Toyin Falola, (electronic resource)

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This book explores the politics of artistic creativity, examining how black artists in Africa and the diaspora create art as a procedure of self-making. Essays cross continents to uncover the efflorescence of black culture in national and global contexts and in literature, film, performance, music, and visual art. Contributors place the concerns of black artists and their works within national and transnational conversations on anti-black racism, xenophobia, ethnocentrism, migration, resettlement, resistance, and transnational feminisms. Does art by the subaltern fulfill the liberatory potential that critics have ascribed to it? What other possibilities does political art offer? Together, these essays sort through the aesthetics of daily life to build a thesis that reflects the desire of black artists and cultures to remake themselves and their world.--
Language
eng
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1 online resource (XIV, 335 pages)
Contents
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Rewriting Algeria: Transcultural Kinship and Anticolonial Revolution in Kateb Yacine's L'Homme aux sandales de caoutchou
  • 3. Revolution and Revolt: Identitarian Space, Magic, and the Land in Decolonial Latin American and African Writing
  • 4. Family Politics: Negotiating the Family Unit as a Creative Force in Chigozie Obioma's The Fishermen and Ben Okri's The Famished Road
  • 5. Auteuring Nollywood: Rethinking the Movie Director and the Idea of Creativity in the Nigerian Film Industry
  • 6. Nollywood in Rio: An Exploration of Brazilian Audience Perception of Nigerian Cinema
  • 7. Re-Producing Self, Community, and "Naija" in Nigerian Diaspora Films: Soul Sisters in the United States and Man on the Ground in South Africa
  • 8. A Single Story: African Women as Staged in US Theatre
  • 9. Silêncio: Black Bodies, Black Characters, and the Black Political Persona in the Work of the Teatro Negro Group Cia dos Comuns
  • 10. New Orleans: America's Creative Crescent
  • 11. The Hashtag as Archive: Internet Memes in Nigeria's Social Media Election
  • 12. Black Creativity in Jamaica and Its Global Influences: 1930-1987
  • 13. Ethics and Aesthetic Creativity: A Critical Reflection on the Moral Purpose of African Art
  • 14. From Saartjie to Queen Bey: Black Female Artists and the Global Cultural Industry
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9783319913100
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https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91310-0
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Art, Creativity, and Politics in Africa and the Diaspora
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Art, Creativity, and Politics in Africa and the Diaspora
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edited by Abimbola Adelakun, Toyin Falola
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Editor
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Language
eng
Summary
This book explores the politics of artistic creativity, examining how black artists in Africa and the diaspora create art as a procedure of self-making. Essays cross continents to uncover the efflorescence of black culture in national and global contexts and in literature, film, performance, music, and visual art. Contributors place the concerns of black artists and their works within national and transnational conversations on anti-black racism, xenophobia, ethnocentrism, migration, resettlement, resistance, and transnational feminisms. Does art by the subaltern fulfill the liberatory potential that critics have ascribed to it? What other possibilities does political art offer? Together, these essays sort through the aesthetics of daily life to build a thesis that reflects the desire of black artists and cultures to remake themselves and their world.--
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  • Adelakun, Abimbola
  • Falola, Toyin
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  • Springer eBooks.
  • African Histories and Modernities
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  • Africa
  • Africa
  • African literature
  • Ethnology
  • History
  • World history
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Art, Creativity, and Politics in Africa and the Diaspora, edited by Abimbola Adelakun, Toyin Falola, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91310-0
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Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Rewriting Algeria: Transcultural Kinship and Anticolonial Revolution in Kateb Yacine's L'Homme aux sandales de caoutchou -- 3. Revolution and Revolt: Identitarian Space, Magic, and the Land in Decolonial Latin American and African Writing -- 4. Family Politics: Negotiating the Family Unit as a Creative Force in Chigozie Obioma's The Fishermen and Ben Okri's The Famished Road -- 5. Auteuring Nollywood: Rethinking the Movie Director and the Idea of Creativity in the Nigerian Film Industry -- 6. Nollywood in Rio: An Exploration of Brazilian Audience Perception of Nigerian Cinema -- 7. Re-Producing Self, Community, and "Naija" in Nigerian Diaspora Films: Soul Sisters in the United States and Man on the Ground in South Africa -- 8. A Single Story: African Women as Staged in US Theatre -- 9. Silêncio: Black Bodies, Black Characters, and the Black Political Persona in the Work of the Teatro Negro Group Cia dos Comuns -- 10. New Orleans: America's Creative Crescent -- 11. The Hashtag as Archive: Internet Memes in Nigeria's Social Media Election -- 12. Black Creativity in Jamaica and Its Global Influences: 1930-1987 -- 13. Ethics and Aesthetic Creativity: A Critical Reflection on the Moral Purpose of African Art -- 14. From Saartjie to Queen Bey: Black Female Artists and the Global Cultural Industry
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978-3-319-91310-0
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (XIV, 335 pages)
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  • electronic
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
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9783319913100
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15 illustrations, 13 illustrations in color.
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remote
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(OCoLC)1046634034
Label
Art, Creativity, and Politics in Africa and the Diaspora, edited by Abimbola Adelakun, Toyin Falola, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91310-0
Publication
Antecedent source
mixed
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
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not applicable
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Rewriting Algeria: Transcultural Kinship and Anticolonial Revolution in Kateb Yacine's L'Homme aux sandales de caoutchou -- 3. Revolution and Revolt: Identitarian Space, Magic, and the Land in Decolonial Latin American and African Writing -- 4. Family Politics: Negotiating the Family Unit as a Creative Force in Chigozie Obioma's The Fishermen and Ben Okri's The Famished Road -- 5. Auteuring Nollywood: Rethinking the Movie Director and the Idea of Creativity in the Nigerian Film Industry -- 6. Nollywood in Rio: An Exploration of Brazilian Audience Perception of Nigerian Cinema -- 7. Re-Producing Self, Community, and "Naija" in Nigerian Diaspora Films: Soul Sisters in the United States and Man on the Ground in South Africa -- 8. A Single Story: African Women as Staged in US Theatre -- 9. Silêncio: Black Bodies, Black Characters, and the Black Political Persona in the Work of the Teatro Negro Group Cia dos Comuns -- 10. New Orleans: America's Creative Crescent -- 11. The Hashtag as Archive: Internet Memes in Nigeria's Social Media Election -- 12. Black Creativity in Jamaica and Its Global Influences: 1930-1987 -- 13. Ethics and Aesthetic Creativity: A Critical Reflection on the Moral Purpose of African Art -- 14. From Saartjie to Queen Bey: Black Female Artists and the Global Cultural Industry
Control code
978-3-319-91310-0
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (XIV, 335 pages)
File format
multiple file formats
Form of item
  • online
  • electronic
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9783319913100
Level of compression
uncompressed
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
15 illustrations, 13 illustrations in color.
Quality assurance targets
absent
Reformatting quality
access
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1046634034

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