Postcolonial Artists and Global Aesthetics

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.

Author: Akinwumi Adesokan
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 10/21/2011
Pages: 252
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780253223456

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2012

About the Author

Akin Adesokan is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Indiana University Bloomington and author of the novel Roots in the Sky. His writings have appeared in Screen, Textual Practice, Chimurenga, and Research in African Literatures.