Monica Popescu

At Penpoint

African Literatures, Postcolonial Studies, and the Cold War

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9781478008514
• ISBN-10: 1478008512
• Artikelnr.: 58568055

Autorenporträt

Monica Popescu is Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar of African Literatures in the Department of English at McGill University. She is the author of South African Literature beyond the Cold War and The Politics of Violence in Post-communist Films.

Inhaltsangabe

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