
A Prescience of African Cultural Studies
The Future of Literature in Africa is Not What It Was
Handel Kashope Wright(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 18. November 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVI, 233 pages
978-0-8204-3495-7 (ISBN)
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 16 cm
Weight
350 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8204-3495-7 (9780820434957)
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Person
The Author: Handel Kashope Wright is Associate Professor of Cultural Studies in Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has published on a variety of topics including African cultural studies, literature and drama studies in Africa, curriculum theorizing, cultural studies in/of education, qualitative research, and critical multicultural education.