Readings in African Popular Culture (Readings in African Studies)

By Karin Barber

Book Overview

"This is an extraordinarily rich collection full of informative detail and excellent interpretative analysis. There is not a single piece that fails to fascinate... " --Leeds African Studies Bulletin ..". an impressive collection of inspiring and thought-provoking essays." --Media Development "This is a book that should find its way into many syllabuses and onto the bookshelves of Africanist scholars in many disciplines. Its publication marks a key turning point in scholarlship on the cultures of contemporary Africa." --Africa Today This book surveys the popular culture of contemporary Africa, including popular literature, oral narrative and poetry, dance, drama, music, and visual art, with special emphasis on the verbal arts. The essays cover six main areas: views of the field; oral tradition revisited; social history, social criticism and interpretation; women in popular culture; "little genres of everyday life"; the local and the global.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253211409
• ISBN13: 9780253211408
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

discussing pop fiction

I can't say that I picked this book out myself... I'm reading for my anthropology class on pop fiction adn politics, nonetheless it has served as a wonderful resource. The articles span several subjects, countries, and view points. Particularly excelent is Karen Barber's introduction which serves as an excelent starting point for the study of pop-culture in the setting of any region.