Postcolonial Artists and Global Aesthetics

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Author: Akinwumi Adesokan ISBN: 9780253005502
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: October 21, 2011
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Akinwumi Adesokan
ISBN: 9780253005502
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: October 21, 2011
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

What happens when social and political processes such as globalization shape cultural production? Drawing on a range of writers and filmmakers from Africa and elsewhere, Akin Adesokan explores the forces at work in the production and circulation of culture in a globalized world. He tackles problems such as artistic representation in the era of decolonization, the uneven development of aesthetics across the world, and the impact of location and commodity culture on genres, with a distinctive approach that exposes the global processes transforming cultural forms.

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What happens when social and political processes such as globalization shape cultural production? Drawing on a range of writers and filmmakers from Africa and elsewhere, Akin Adesokan explores the forces at work in the production and circulation of culture in a globalized world. He tackles problems such as artistic representation in the era of decolonization, the uneven development of aesthetics across the world, and the impact of location and commodity culture on genres, with a distinctive approach that exposes the global processes transforming cultural forms.

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