Readings in African Popular Culture

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-85255-236-0
Verlag: JAMES CURREY

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

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A ground-breaking book in its examination of the voracity and range of African popular culture.

Despite the overwhelming reality of economic decline; despite unimaginable poverty; despite wars, malnutrition, disease and political instability, African cultural productivity grows apace: popular literatures, oral narrative andpoetry, dance, drama, music and visual art all thrive.' - Kwame Anthony Appiah, In My Father's House
This collection of essays examines the way in which African popular culture has moved centre stage since the early 1980s. The emphasis is on the verbal rather than the visual, and topics covered include the oral tradition, and women in popular culture.

KARIN BARBER is Professor of African Cultural Anthropology at the University of Birmingham

Published in association with the International African Institute
North America: Indiana University Press

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barber, Karin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften