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At Penpoint: African Literatures, Postcolonial Studies, and the Cold War (Theory
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- Book Title
- At Penpoint: African Literatures, Postcolonial Studies, and the C
- ISBN
- 9781478009405
- Publication Name
- At Penpoint : African Literatures, Postcolonial Studies, and the Cold War
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Series
- Theory in Forms Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 13.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Monica Popescu traces the development of African literature during the second half of the twentieth century, showing how the United States and the Soviet Union's efforts to further their geopolitical and ideological goals influenced literary practices and knowledge production on the African continent.
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Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
1478009403
ISBN-13
9781478009405
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11038766282
Product Key Features
Publication Name
At Penpoint : African Literatures, Postcolonial Studies, and the Cold War
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
Theory in Forms Ser.
Publication Year
2020
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pl8010.P575 2020
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This ingenious account offers sharp new insight to the history of African Literary Studies and decolonization by framing them in light of the Cold War, not just in terms of subjection by the West, as stressed by postcolonial perspectives, but also by the colonial outreach of the USSR. As Monica Popescu makes stunningly clear, African and Afro-Caribbean writers of the period--Aimé Césaire, Youssef El-Sebai, and Ezekiel Mphahlele--brought to our understanding of twentieth-century imperialism a comprehensiveness unrivaled before or since., Popescu's book is a steadfast engagement with the cultural Cold War's impact on African literary studies.... At Penpoint ...shows how a range of cross-disciplinary and hybrid methodologies are required if we are to build and establish this scholarship., African nations regained their independence from Western colonialism against the background of the Cold War. Monica Popescu's book is a comprehensive study of the impact of the war on the culture, literature, and intellectual production of the postcolonial world. It is a great addition to the body of scholarship on African literature and postcolonial studies., African nations regained their independence from Western colonialism against the background of the Cold war. Monica Popescu's book is a comprehensive study of the impact of the war on the culture, literature, and intellectual production of the postcolonial. It is a great addition to the body of scholarship on African literature and postcolonial studies., At Penpoint speaks to a variety of disciplines and historiographies. . . . Popescu writes in accessible language that will make graduates and undergrads appreciate and trace the transnational networks involving African writers, diasporic African intellectuals, and various Cold War actors and the impact they had on Africa, especially in the area of African literature., Popescu's biggest contribution here is historiographical: not only does she historicize African literary production during the Cold War, she also reveals the lasting effects of the Cold War on today's intellectual concepts and commitments. . . . By rehabilitating the idea of the writer as engaged, even committed, At Penpoint reveals a scholar undertaking not only study of the era of decolonization, but also the slow process of decolonizing literary study itself by wresting the Cold War away from the superpowers who waged it., African nations regained their independence from Western colonialism against the background of the Cold war. Monica Popescu's book is a comprehensive study of the impact of the war on the culture, literature, and intellectual production of the postcolonial world. It is a great addition to the body of scholarship on African literature and postcolonial studies., This ingenious account offers sharp new insight to the history of African Literary Studies and decolonization by framing them in light of the Cold War; not just in terms of subjection by the West, as stressed by postcolonial perspectives, but also by the colonial outreach of the USSR. As Monica Popescu makes stunningly clear, African writers of the period--Aimé Césaire, Youssef El-Sebai, or Ezekiel Mphahlele--brought to our understanding of twentieth-century imperialism a comprehensiveness unrivaled before or since., . . . At Penpoint is an engrossing and provocative book that illuminates an important archive and challenges humanities scholars of all midcentury regions to reconfigure their fields., This ingenious account offers sharp new insight to the history of African Literary Studies and decolonization by framing them in light of the Cold War, not just in terms of subjection by the West, as stressed by postcolonial perspectives, but also by the colonial outreach of the USSR. As Monica Popescu makes stunningly clear, African writers of the period--Aimé Césaire, Youssef El-Sebai, and Ezekiel Mphahlele--brought to our understanding of twentieth-century imperialism a comprehensiveness unrivaled before or since., At Penpoint accomplishes what the best scholarship does by illuminating what has been right before our eyes but obscured by our own blinders, ideological or otherwise. Her account resituates Africa at the center of postcolonial studies and reveals the Cold War to be, among other things, a struggle of competing imperialisms.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction. Genres of Cold War Theory: Postcolonial Studies and African Literary Criticism Part I. African Literary History and the Cold War 1. Pens and Guns: Literary Autonomy, Artistic Commitment, and Secret Sponsorships 2. Aesthetic World-Systems: Mythologies of Modernism and Realism Part II. Reading through a Cold War Lens 3. Creating Futures, Producing Theory: Strike, Revolution, and the Morning After 4. The Hot Cold War: Rethinking the Global Conflict through Southern Africa Conclusion. From Postcolonial to World Literature Studies: The Continued Relevance of the Cold War Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2020
Topic
Linguistics / General, African
Lccn
2020-002233
Dewey Decimal
809.896
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
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