A Prescience of African Cultural Studies
The Future of Literature in Africa Is Not What It Was (Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.), Vol. 40.)
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Word Count
58,250 words, Guess
Page Count
233 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL11395801M
- ISBN-139780820434957
- ISBN-100820434957
- OCLC Control Number39235682
- Library of Congress Control Number98025591
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- Goodreads3988234
Classifications
- LCCPR9340.A53 W75 2004
- DDC820.9/96/07
Description
"In A Prescience of African Cultural Studies, Handel Kashope Wright makes an argument for undertaking a necessary paradigm shift: from literature studies in Africa to African Cultural Studies. There are several major themes in this text; in particular, it rejects mainstream notions of literature as (self)deceptively "apolitical" and decidedly non-utilitarian. As an alternative, Wright proposes African Cultural Studies as an African-centered discourse and praxis that incorporates written, oral, and performance forms, and overtly addresses political and sociocultural issues. He articulates African Cultural Studies in relation to existing cultural studies, its taken for granted British origin and genealogy, and its global trajectories. Finally, Wright elaborates on African Cultural Studies by reconceptualizing drama (emphasizing performance over written text), incorporating film and electronic media and exploring the potential contribution African cultural studies could make to both the discourse and process of development in Africa."--BOOK JACKET.
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