Facts, Fiction, and African Creative Imaginations - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415647738 ISBN 13 : 9780415647731

Editeur : Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

This volume brings together insights from distinguished scholars from around the world to address the facts, fiction and creative imaginations in the pervasive portrayals of Africa, its people, societies and cultures in the literature and the media. The fictionalization of Africa and African issues in the media and the popular literature that blends facts and fiction has rendered perceptions of Africa, its cultures, societies, customs, and conflicts often superficial and deficient in the popular Western consciousness. The book brings eminent scholars from a variety of disciplines to sort out the persistent fictionalization of Africa, from facts pertaining to the genesis of powerful cultural, political or religious icons, the historical and cultural significance of "intriguing" customs (such as tribal marks), gender relations, causes of conflicts and African responses, and creative imaginations in contemporary African films, fiction and literature, among others.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Toyin Falola is the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor in History and a Distinguished Teaching Professsor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Fallou Ngom is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Director of the African Language Program at the African Studies Center at Boston University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415647738
• ISBN 13: 9780415647731
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 348
• Éditeur: Falola Toyin, Ngom Fallou
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible