| The Afro-Asian Century: Volume 11 Contributor(s): Singh, Nikhil Pal (Author), Jones, Andrew F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822365804 ISBN-13: 9780822365808 Publisher: Duke University Press OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2003 Annotation: "The Afro-Asian Century" begins the task of excavating a multitude of Afro-Asian connections and collaborations in the twentieth century. With few exceptions, area studies and cultural studies have neglected or underestimated the significance of transethnic and transnational exchanges between African and Asian peoples. By bringing instances of Afro-Asian traffic in the realms of politics, economics, and culture to the foreground, this collection maps an alternative global circuit. The issue examines the non-Eurocentric form of cosmopolitanism that emerged from creative encounters of racialized people in Jazz Age Paris, the Harlem Renaissance, and colonial Shanghai. It reconceptualizes the Indian Ocean as a crucial site for Afro-Asian cross-pollination and investigates the cinematic culture of kung fu as a global discourse of Afro-Asian anti-imperialism. "Contributors," Brent Edwards, Andrew F. Jones, Yukiko Koshiro, Bill Mullen, Vijay Prashad, William Schaefer, Nikhil Pal Singh, Francoise Verges, Daniel Widener |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - General - History | Africa - General - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 950.42 |
| Series: Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 7.12" W x 8.04" (1.01 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Afro-Asian Century begins the task of excavating a multitude of Afro-Asian connections and collaborations in the twentieth century. With few exceptions, area studies and cultural studies have neglected or underestimated the significance of transethnic and transnational exchanges between African and Asian peoples. By bringing instances of Afro-Asian traffic in the realms of politics, economics, and culture to the foreground, this collection maps an alternative global circuit. The issue examines the non-Eurocentric form of cosmopolitanism that emerged from creative encounters of racialized people in Jazz Age Paris, the Harlem Renaissance, and colonial Shanghai. It reconceptualizes the Indian Ocean as a crucial site for Afro-Asian cross-pollination and investigates the cinematic culture of kung fu as a global discourse of Afro-Asian anti-imperialism. Contributors. Brent Edwards, Andrew F. Jones, Yukiko Koshiro, Bill Mullen, Vijay Prashad, William Schaefer, Nikhil Pal Singh, Fran oise Verg s, Daniel Widener |