Postcolonial Imperialism : Critique of the Society of Dazzlements.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tonda, Joseph.

Series:

Theory in Forms Series

Standardized Title:

Imperialisme postcolonial. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Imperialism in popular culture.

Culture and globalization.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"Postcolonial Imperialism theorizes the "dazzlement' of postcolonial screen images- images born of neoliberal globalization that colonize the imaginary or unconscious of individuals and groups. These dazzlements are a form of dark power that work through the violence of the imaginary on the unconscious of both colonized and colonizer. Through these screen images, the unconscious of subjects under capitalism becomes a colony of their invisible power, and the subject of these screen images is the dazzling historically fabricated specter of the Black person. With examples ranging from Nicki Minaj to Osama Bin Laden and child soldier Johnny Mad Dog, Joseph Tonda pursues his reflection on power by analyzing the dazzlements of both Central Africa and the West. Caught up in the same destiny, our societies are torn between enchantment and violence, calculation and madness, belief and consumption, in the indistinguishability of the real and the unreal, of the past and the present-in other words, in the imaginary. Translated from the French, this book is a major theoretical intervention in postcolonial studies, African studies, Francophone studies, Black studies, media studies, and gender and sexuality studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Dazzling Dark Powers of Postcolonial Imperialism

Johnny Mad Dog and Osama Bin Laden: Agents of Postcolonial Imperialism

Anchor Points

Illuminations

Sex-Bodies, Bombshell Breasts, and Dazzling DVDs and VCDs

Bombs and Lightning Bolts

Nafissatou Diallo, DSK, Sarkozy, and Postcolonial Imperialism

Literary Dazzlements

Africanism and Postcolonial Imperialism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-4780-6217-7

9781478062172

OCLC:

1581199354