| Imagining Insiders Contributor(s): Schipper, Mineke (Author) |
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ISBN: 0304704792 ISBN-13: 9780304704798 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $158.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1999 Annotation: This study surveys a wide range of writings and ideas out of Africa by people of African descent on the various ways in which "insiders" and "outsiders," "self" and "otherness" have been imagined and defined from African perspectives. Attention is focused on identity issues regarding Africa, Panafricanism, American Black culture, Negritude and Black Consciousness, as well as on whiteness and otherness, black versus white cultures and gender matters in a racialized context. Some theoretical issues in the academic debate on insiders and intercultural dialogue are also discussed, with examples from various disciplines. Five interviews with leading writers conclude the book. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.8 |
| LCCN: 99010213 |
| Series: Literature, Culture, and Identity |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6" W x 9.12" (0.90 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study surveys a wide range of writings and ideas out of Africa by people of African descent on the various ways in which insiders and outsiders, self and otherness have been imagined and defined from African perspectives. Attention is focused on identity issues regarding Africa, Panafricanism, American Black culture, Negritude and Black Consciousness, as well as on whiteness and otherness, black versus white cultures and gender matters in a racialized context. Some theoretical issues in the academic debate on insiders and intercultural dialogue are also discussed, with examples from various disciplines. Five interviews with leading writers conclude the book. |
