Introduction

Poetics from the Global South

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ID2174308
AuthorsRyan Topper (Western Oregon University, corresponding author), Nathan Suhr-Sytsma (0000-0003-4696-107X, Emory University)
Year2024
Volume26
Issue3-4
Pages381-391
Publication date2024-05-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInterventions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-801X • E-ISSN: 1469-929X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369801x.2023.2290570
OpenAlexW4389893248
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited28

Postcolonial literary studies has focused on narrative prose. We argue that the field would benefit from expanding this focus to poetics from the Global South. By utilizing the rubric of the Global South, we include decolonial thought from hispanophone and lusophone domains alongside postcolonial thought, often identified with the anglophone academy. Our approach to poetics foregrounds poetry as a literary form pertinent to the project of theorizing global cultural form more broadly. Without proposing a Manichean poetics that would sever the Global South from the Global North, we take a geographically situated approach to poetics, examining how attention to poetry from the Global South might produce knowledge relevant to decolonial and postcolonial critique. Here, we define this special issue’s key terms and scope, provide an overview of current scholarship within postcolonial poetry studies, and offer a brief analysis of M. NourbeSe Philip’s “Discourse on the Logic of Language” in light of our proposed framework of poetics from the Global South

Art · Literature · Poetics · Poetry · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · History · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

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