Same and Other: Negotiating African Identitity in Cultural Production

by Baaz Erikson, Mai Palmberg, Maria Palmberg

Overview

The idea of African Otherness has occupied a central role in discourses on cultural production in Africa, whether film, literature, music or the arts. These claims, articulated both by ‘Western’ and ‘African’ critics and consumers, means that particular criteria and standards are adopted in relation to cultural production in Africa. The claim to African Otherness is gaining new strength in the wake of globalization, but it is also increasingly challenged by a number of contemporary artists. This book deals with the question of relevance and meaning of the signifier in various fields of contemporary cultural production in Africa.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789171064776
Publisher:	Nordic Africa Institute, The
Publication date:	02/28/2001
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.56(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Mai Palmberg is a political scientist from Finland, and works at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala. She is coordinator of a research and network project "Cultural Images in and of Africa" and has conducted and edited interviews for "The State of the Arts in Zimbabwe. Some Notes from 2002-2004".