| Autochthonomies: Transnationalism, Testimony, and Transmission in the African Diaspora Contributor(s): Chancy, Myriam J. a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252043049 ISBN-13: 9780252043048 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Black Studies (global) - Literary Criticism | African - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 909.049 |
| LCCN: 2019040182 |
| Series: New Black Studies |
| Physical Information: 246 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Autochthonomies, Myriam J. A. Chancy engages readers in an interpretive journey. She lays out a radical new process that invites readers to see creations by artists of African descent as legible within the context of African diasporic historical and cultural debates. By invoking a transnational African/diasporic lens and negotiating it through a lakou or "yard space," we can see such identities transfigured, recognized, and exchanged. Chancy demonstrates how the process can examine the salient features of texts and art that underscore African/diasporic sensibilities and render them legible. What emerges is a potential for richer readings of African diasporic works that also ruptures the Manichean binary dynamics that have dominated previous interpretations of the material. The result: an enriching interpretive mode focused on the transnational connections between subjects of African descent as the central pole for reader investigation. A bold challenge to established scholarship, Autochthonomies ranges from Africa to Europe and the Americas to provide powerful new tools for charting the transnational interactions between African cultural producers and sites. |