Writing through the Visual and Virtual - Inscribing Language, Literature, and Culture in Francophone Africa and the Caribbean (Hardcover)

Writing Through the Visual and Virtual: Inscribing Language, Literature, and Culture in Francophone Africa and the Caribbean interrogates conventional notions of writing. The contributors-whose disciplines include anthropology, art history, education, film, history, linguistics, literature, performance studies, philosophy, sociology, translation, and visual arts-examine the complex interplay between language/literature/arts and the visual and virtual domains of expressive culture. The twenty-five essays explore various patterns of writing practices arising from contemporary and historical forces that have impacted the literatures and cultures of Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Morocco, Niger, Reunion Island, and Senegal. Special attention is paid to how scripts, though appearing to be merely decorative in function, are often used by artists and performers in the production of material and non-material culture to tell "stories" of great significance, co-mingling words and images in a way that leads to a creative synthesis that links the local and the global, the "classical" and the "popular" in new ways.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
Release date:	November 2015
Editors:	Renee Larrier • Ousseina Alidou
Contributors:	Bertrade Ngo-Ngijol Banoum • Gabrielle Civil • Barbara Cooper • Bojana Coulibaly • Rokhaya Fall Diawara • Khady Diene • Oumar Diogoye Diouf • Nathan H. Dize
Dimensions:	237 x 158 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	428
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-0163-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Palaeography Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4985-0163-X
Barcode:	9781498501637

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