Decolonisation of Materialities or Materialisation of (Re-)Colonisation?: Symbolisms, Languages, Ecocriticism and (Non)Representationalism in 21st Cen Contributor(s): Nhemachena, Artwell (Editor), Kangira, Jairos (Editor), Mlambo, Nelson (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9956763942 ISBN-13: 9789956763948 Publisher: Langaa RPCID OUR PRICE: $39.71 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2017 |
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BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 338 pages |
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Publisher Description: Contemporary scholarly discourses about decolonising materialities are taking two noticeable trajectories, the first trajectory privileges establishing "connections", "relationships" and "associations" between human beings and nature. The second trajectory privileges restoration, restitution, reparations for colonial dispossessions, lootings and disinheritance. While the first trajectory presupposes that colonialism was merely about "separation", "alienation", and "disconnections" between human beings and nature, the second trajectory stresses the colonialists' dispossession, disinheritance and privations of Africans. Drawing on contemporary discourses about materialities in relation to semiotics, (non-)representationalism, rhetoric, ecocriticism, territorialisation, deterritorialisation and reterritorialisation, translation, animism, science and technology studies, this book teases out the intellectually rutted terrain of African materialities. It argues that in a world of increasing impoverishment, the significance of materialities cannot be overemphasised: more so for the continent of Africa where impoverishment "materialises" in the midst of resource opulence. The book is a pacesetter in no holds barred interrogation of African materialities. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nhemachena, Artwell: - Artwell Nhemachena holds a PhD in Social Anthropology and lectures in Sociology at the University of Namibia.Kangira, Jairos: - Jairos Kangira is Professor of Rhetoric Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Namibia.Mlambo, Nelson: - Nelson Mlambo holds a PhD and currently lectures in the Department of Language and Literature Studies at the University of Namibia. |