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Afropolitan Literature as World Literature

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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African literature has never been more visible than it is today. Whereas Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, and Ngugi wa Thiong’o defined a golden generation of African writers in the 20th century, a new generation of “Afropolitan” writers including Chimamanda Adichie, Teju Cole, Taiye Selasi, and NoViolet Bulawayo have taken the world by storm by snatching up prestigious awards and selling millions of copies of their works. But what is the new, increasingly fashionable and marketable, Afropolitan vision of Africa’s place in the world that they offer? How does it differ from that of previous generations? Why do some dissent? Afropolitanism refuses to reinforce images of Africa in world media as merely poor, war-torn, diseased, and constantly falling into chaos. By complicating the image of Africa as a hapless victim, Afropolitanism focuses on the wide-ranging influence Africa has on the world. However, some have characterized this kind of writing as light, populist fare that panders to Western audiences.Afropolitan Literature as World Literature examines the controversy surrounding Afropolitan literature in light of the unprecedented circulation of culture made possible by globalization, and ultimately argues for expanding its geographic and temporal boundaries.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-01-23
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt494 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieLiteratures as World Literature
Antal sidor248
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781501342585

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1. Introduction: Africa and the RestJames Hodapp (Northwestern University, Qatar)2. The Worlds of Afropolitan World Literature: Modeling Intra-African Afropolitanism in Yvonne Adhiambo Owuour’s DustBirgit Neumann (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany)3. Strategic Label: Afropolitan Literature in GermanyAnna von Rath (University of Potsdam, Germany)4. Afropolitanism and the Afro-Asian Diaspora in M.G. Vassanji’s And Home Was KariakooShilpa Daithota Bhat (Ahmedabad University, India)5. "White Man's Magic": A. Igoni Barrett’s Blackass, Afropolitanism, and (Post)Racial AnxietiesJulie Iromuanya (University of Chicago, USA)6. Toward an Environmental Theory of Afropolitan LiteratureJuan Meneses (University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA)7. How Afropolitanism Unworlds the African WorldAmatoritsero Ede (University of the Bahamas)8. Afropolitan Aesthetics as an Ethics of OpennessChielozona Eze (Northeastern Illinois University, USA)9. Fingering the Jagged Grain: Rereading Afropolitanism (and Africa) in Taiye Selasi’s Ghana Must GoAretha Phiri (Rhodes University, South Africa)10. "Part Returnee and Part-Tourist": The Afropolitan Travelogue in Noo Saro-Wiwa’s Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in NigeriaRocío Cobo-Piñero (University of Seville, Spain)11. "Something Covered But Not Hidden": Obscurity in Teju Cole's Oeuvre as an Afropolitan Way of WorldingJulian Wacker (University of Muenster, Germany)12. The Hesitant Local: The Global Citizens of Open City and AmericanahLara El Makkawi (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)Notes on ContributorsIndex

Afropolitan Literature as World Literature brings together a series of essays that inscribe and extend the contested concept of Afropolitanism and the emerging disciplinary formation known as World Literature. By putting these discourses in conversation and identifying convergences and divergences, this book challenges us to think beyond the limits and limitations of the current critical axioms that have taken the foreground. James Hodapp’s book opens a discursive space for critical thought and reflexivity on the worldliness of literary Afropolitanism.