Postcolonial Artists and Global Aesthetics

Download or read book Postcolonial Artists and Global Aesthetics written by Akinwumi Adesokan and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-21 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when social and political processes such as globalization shape cultural production? Drawing on a range of writers and filmmakers from Africa and elsewhere, Akin Adesokan explores the forces at work in the production and circulation of culture in a globalized world. He tackles problems such as artistic representation in the era of decolonization, the uneven development of aesthetics across the world, and the impact of location and commodity culture on genres, with a distinctive approach that exposes the global processes transforming cultural forms.