ISBN:
9780252051906
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressourcece.
Series Statement:
The new Black studies series
Series Statement:
Illinois scholarship online
Keywords:
Afrikabild
;
Afrikaner
;
Literatur
;
Kunst
;
Soziale Situation
;
Transnationalisierung
;
African diaspora History
;
African diaspora in literature
;
African diaspora in art
;
Race in literature
;
Africa In art
;
Africans in literature
Abstract:
In 'Autochthonomies', Myriam J.A. Chancy engages readers in an interpretive journey. She lays out a radical new process that invites readers to see creations by artists of African descent as legible within the context of African diasporic historical and cultural debates. By invoking a transnational African/diasporic lens and negotiating it through a lakou or 'yard space,' we can see such identities transfigured, recognized, and exchanged. Chancy demonstrates how the process can examine the salient features of texts and art that underscore African/diasporic sensibilities and render them legible. What emerges is a potential for richer readings of African diasporic works that also ruptures the Manichean binary dynamics that have dominated previous interpretations of the material.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2020
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.5622/illinois/9780252043048.001.0001
URL:
https://dx.doi.org/10.5622/illinois/9780252043048.001.0001
