Infectious Rhythm - Metaphors of Contagion and the Spread of African Culture (Paperback, New)

In Infectious Rhythm, Barbara Browning identifies and explores the metaphor of 'contagion' that both celebrates the diasporic spread of African culture, and serves as the justification of its repression. She compares the association of HIV with increased Western anxieties over the risks of other forms of 'contagion' - accelerated economic, cultural and migrational flows around the globe - with the response of artists, who often reclaim the notion of African 'infection' by suggesting that diasporic culture is contagious, irresistible - but vital, life-giving and productive.
The essays in this book examine both the vital and violent ways in which recent associations have been made between the AIDS pandemic and African diasporic cultural practices, including religious worship, music, dance, sculpture, painting, orature, literature and film. While pointing to the lengthy and complex history of the metaphor of African contagion, Browning argues that in its politicized, life-affirming embodiment, the figure might actually teach us to respond to epidemia humanely.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Barbara Browning
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-91981-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Promotions
LSN:	0-415-91981-9
Barcode:	9780415919814

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