Comic imagination in modern african literature and cinema, the: a poetics of laughter
Auteur :
Nwosu, Maik
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367874483
Date de publication :
10 déc. 2019
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
231 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book significantly expands the interdisciplinary discourse on African literature and cinema by exploring Africa’s under-visited carnivalesque poetics of laughter. Focusing on modern African literature as well as contemporary African cinema and Nollywood, it examines the often-neglected aesthetics of the African comic imagination. In modern