Africana studies : theoretical futures / edited by Grant Farred.

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"This book showcases new and expansive possibilities for Africana studies scholarship by collecting works across disciplines that push the boundaries of the discipline into topics both broader and more specific than traditionally approached: in philosophy, literature, music, political science, and m...

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Other Authors: Farred, Grant (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
African Americans > Study and teaching (Higher)
Black people > Study and teaching (Higher)
African diaspora > Study and teaching (Higher)
African Americans > Intellectual life.
Black people > Intellectual life.
African diaspora > Intellectual life.
Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle.
Noirs > Vie intellectuelle.
Africains > Pays étrangers > Vie intellectuelle.
Physical Description:viii, 180 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: "Theoretical Futures": The Creation of a Concept / Grant Farred
  • 1. On the Fecundity of Small Places / John E. Drabinski
  • 2. Paulin J. Hountondji on Philosophy, Science, and Technology: From Husserl and Althusser to a Synthesis of the Hessen-Grossman Thesis and Dependency Theory / Zeyad el Nabolsy
  • 3. The State of Crisis and the Crisis of the State in the 21st Century / Radwa Saad
  • 4. Insurgent Practices in Contemporary Francophone Africa: Emerging Critical Challenges / Kasareka Kavwahirehi
  • 5. Tampered Witnessing: Visual Agency and the African American Poet / Gregory Pardlo
  • 6. Colonial Aesthetics and Decolonial Disruptions: From the Sorrow Songs to Janelle Monáe and Back Again / Sarah Then Bergh
  • 7. Seductive Solidarity: Comrade Lover and Other Demons / Akin Adeṣọkan
  • Seeing, Hearing, Breathing and Witnessing from the Africana Center at Cornell: An Afterword / Pierre-Philippe Fraiture.