Globalization, Oral Performance, and African Traditional Poetry (eBook)

Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah (Autor)

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2018
XIII, 100 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-75079-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book discusses globalization trends and influences on traditional African oral literary performance and the direction that Ilorin oral art is forced to take by the changes of the twenty-first century electronic age. It seeks a new definition of contemporary African bourgeois in terms of its global reach, imitation of foreign forms and collaboration with the owners of the primary agencies. Additionally, it makes a case that African global lords or new bourgeoisie who are largely products of the new global capital and multinational corporations' socio-political and cultural influences fashion their tastes after western cultures as portrayed in the digital realm.

Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah is Vice-Chancellor, Chief Executive Officer, and Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Kwara State University, Nigeria. He is co-author of Introduction to African Oral Literature and Performance (2005), and author of Africanity, Islamicity and Performativity: Identity in the House of Ilorin (2009), African Discourse in Islam, Oral Traditions, and Performance (2010), and Cultural Globalization And Plurality: Africa and the New World (2011).

Inhalt

1. African Art and the Crisis of Poverty and Social Divisions in a Global Era2. Criticism of African Art and Literature3. Ilorin Traditional Oral Art in the Context of Bourgeois Aesthetics4. A Pact between the Writer and the Oral Performer5. Conclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2018
• Zusatzinfo: XIII, 100 p. 2 illus.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: African Oral Poetry • African Oral Tradition • Dadakuada • Egungun • Globalization and Cultural Heritage • Ilorin oral Literature • Ilorin Oral Performance • Marxism • Marxist-Leninist • New Bourgeoisie • Nigeria
• ISBN-10: 3-319-75079-8 / 3319750798
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-75079-8 / 9783319750798