Marxism and African literary studies today
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6030249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Fyfe (0000-0002-8888-4669, American University of Beirut, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1472-5843 • E-ISSN: 1472-5851 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14725843.2020.1773234 |
| OpenAlex | W3036254035 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 26 |
This introduction to the special issue, ‘Marxism and African Literatures: New Interventions,’ argues for the continued relevance of Marxist approaches within African literary studies. After a discussion of the place of Marxism in the field today, a brief history of important Marxist interventions is provided, with particular attention paid to works by Omafume F. Onoge, Biodun Jeyifo, George M. Gugelberger, and Chidi Amuta. Against this background, the nine essays (and one afterword) contained in this issue are introduced
Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Political science · African cultural and philosophical studies · History · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
How Europe underdeveloped Africa
The Postcolonial Historical Novel
The appeal of marxism to Africans
African Marxist discourses on the cusp of “globalization”
Returning to Jeyifo's The Yoruba Popular Travelling Theatre of Nigeria
African Literature in the Post-Global Age
The Literary History of World‐Systems, II
The Literary History of World‐Systems, I
The Political Unconscious
Utopian Generations
Underdevelopment and Dependence in Black Africa - Origins and Contemporary Forms
Marxism and African Literature
Understanding the Precariat through Labour and Work
Postcolonial studies and world literature
The Crisis of Consciousness in Modern African Literature
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |