China in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century African Literature

ISBN-13: 9781009300278 / Angielski

Duncan M. Yoon

Opis

This book is for students and scholars who want to know more about the cultural issues that emerge from globalization between Africa and China; it examines African literature according themes such as the Cold War, decolonization, geopolitics, resource extraction, diaspora, gender, and race.

Recenzje

'Duncan Yoon has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the relationship between Africa and China, arguing convincingly that literature 'stands front and center' in the mutual world-making of Africans and Chinese. Tightly organized sections give historical context for each literary text, making this book critical reading not only for humanists but for all those interested in African experiences and cultural expressions of Africa-China.' Jamie Monson, Michigan State University

Spis treści

Introduction: African literary imaginaries of China; 1. Kofi Awoonor imagines China: the Longue Durée of Ghana – PRC relations; 2. Figures of extraction: representations of mining in Ghana and Zambia; 3. Figures of risk: memoirs of a Chinese South African and a Cameroonian in China; 4. Racialization and Afro-Chinese identity: Henri Lopès's Le lys et le flamboyant; Conclusion: forming Afro-Chinese worlds.