Transcultural Modernities - Narrating Africa in Europe (Hardcover)

The swelling flows of migration from Africa towards Europe have aroused interest not only in the socio-political consequences of the migrants' insistent appeals to 'fortress Europe' but also in the artistic integration of African migrants into the cultural world of Europe. While in recent years the creative output of Africans living in Europe has received attention from the media and in academia, little critical consideration has been given to African migrants' modes of narration and the manner in which these modes give expression to, or are an expression of, their creators' transcultural realities. "Transcultural Modernities: Narrating Africa in Europe" responds to this need for reflection by examining the manner in which migrants compose and negotiate their Euro-African affiliations in their narratives. The book brings together scholars in the fields of literary and art criticism, cultural studies, and anthropology for an extensive interdisciplinary exchange on the specific modes of narration displayed in Euro-African literatures, the visual arts, and cinema, as well as offering ethnographic case studies. The result is a wide range of reflections on how African artists, writers, and ordinary people living in Europe experience and explore their transcultural and/or postcolonial environments, and how their experiences and explorations in turn contribute to the construction of modern Euro-African life-worlds.

General

Imprint:	Editions Rodopi B.V.
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Matatu, 36
Release date:	2009
First published:	2009
Volume editors:	Elisabeth Bekers • Sissy Helff • Daniela Merolla
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	442
ISBN-13:	978-90-420-2538-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism Promotions
LSN:	90-420-2538-7
Barcode:	9789042025387

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