Debating the Afropolitan
- ISBN-10
- 0367729539
- ISBN-13
- 9780367729530
- Category
- African literature (English)
- Pages
- 104
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-12-18
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Authors
- Ananya Jahanara Kabir, Emilia María Durán-Almarza, Carla Rodríguez González
Description
This volume evaluates the vitality of the term 'Afropolitan' within the fields of African and Afro-diasporic studies. A hotly debated and malleable term, its wide circulation has allowed for Afropolitanism to become a contested space for critical inquiry. The contributions to this book are representative of the lively discussions that Afropolitan aesthetics, identity politics and Afro(cosmo)politanisms have sparked in recent years. The book aims to continue the debates around these concepts foregrounded by earlier works in the fields of postcolonial literature, African cultural studies, and studies of diaspora and transnationalism. This book was originally published as a special issue of the European Journal of English Studies.
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