The Afro-Asian Century

"The Afro-Asian Century" begins the task of excavating a multitude of Afro-Asian connections and collaborations in the twentieth century. With few exceptions, area studies and cultural studies have neglected or underestimated the significance of transethnic and transnational exchanges between African and Asian peoples.By bringing instances of Afro-Asian traffic in the realms of politics, economics, and culture to the foreground, this collection maps an alternative global circuit. The issue examines the non-Eurocentric form of cosmopolitanism that emerged from creative encounters of racialized people in Jazz Age Paris, the Harlem Renaissance, and colonial Shanghai. It reconceptualizes the Indian Ocean as a crucial site for Afro-Asian cross-pollination and investigates the cinematic culture of kung fu as a global discourse of Afro-Asian anti-imperialism.

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Andrew F. Jones and Nikhil Pal Singh, eds.

Summary

Bringing instances of Afro-Asian traffic in the realms of politics, economics, and culture, this collection attempts to map an alternative global circuit. It examines the non-Eurocentric form of cosmopolitanism that emerged from creative encounters of racialized people in jazz-age Paris, the Harlem Renaissance, and colonial Shanghai.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew F Jones, Andrew F. Jones, Nikhil Pal Singh
• Assisted by: Andrew F. Jones (Editor), Nikhil Pal Singh (Editor)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2003
• EAN: 9780822365808
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-6580-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 181 mm x 204 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Series: Positions: East Asia Cultures; Positions: East Asia Cultures
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Asiatische Geschichte, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Africa / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, History - General History