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Lusophone Africa : beyond independence / Fernando Arenas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arenas, Fernando, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decolonization--Africa, Portuguese-speaking.
- Decolonization.
- Postcolonialism--Africa, Portuguese-speaking.
- Postcolonialism.
- Globalization--Political aspects--Africa, Portuguese-speaking.
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Social aspects--Africa, Portuguese-speaking.
- Africa, Portuguese-speaking--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
- Africa, Portuguese-speaking.
- Africa, Portuguese-speaking--Politics and government.
- Africa, Portuguese-speaking--Intellectual life.
- Portugal--Colonies--Africa--History.
- Portugal.
- Africa, Portuguese-speaking--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Lusophone Africa: Beyond Independence is a study of the contemporary cultural production of Portuguese-speaking Africa and its critical engagement with globalization in the aftermath of colonialism, especially since the advent of multiparty politics and market-oriented economies. Exploring the evolving relationship of Lusophone Africa with Portugal, its former colonial power, and Brazil, Fernando Arenas situates the countries on the geopolitical map of contemporary global forces. Drawing from popular music, film, literature, cultural history, geopolitics, and critical theory to investigate the
- Contents:
- Introduction: Lusophone Africa within the global and the postcolonial
- 1. African, Portuguese, and Brazilian interconnections : the Lusophone transatlantic matrix
- 2. Cesária Évora and the globalization of Cape Verdean music
- 3. Lusophone Africa on screen : after utopia and before the end of hope
- 4. Angolan literature : after independence and under the shadow of war.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4529-4694-9
- 0-8166-7485-X
- OCLC:
- 701103951
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