Angloscene - Compromised Personhood in Afro-Chinese Translations

“A tremendously nuanced book that moves beyond the verities of postcolonial theory as much as liberal illusions of postracialism in the academy. The ethnographic richness of Angloscene in its expositions of tropes and situated encounters is remarkable and pointed—even poignant.”—Dilip M. Menon, author of Changing Theory: Concepts from the Global South

“Reflecting a critical sensibility from the Global South, Jay Ke-Schutte’s book defies Euro-American-centric perspectives on language, race, and colonialism. The innovative concept of the Angloscene offers an imaginative way to unpack the transnational power matrix that conditions Afro-Chinese encounters.”—Fan Yang, author of Faked in China: Nation Branding, Counterfeit Culture, and Globalization

“This book reveals the manner in which talk about signs of race and the racialization of those engaged in talk readily emerge hand in hand within social encounters, so that to isolate them from each other is to lose sight of the processes through which inequity persists in social life even when it is abjured.”—Asif Agha, Francis E. Johnston Term Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, and Editor-in-Chief, Signs and Society

About the author

Jay Ke-Schutte is a linguistic anthropologist and interdisciplinary ethnographer in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou.

Product details

• Authors: Jay Ke-Schutte
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2023
• EAN: 9780520389816
• ISBN: 978-0-520-38981-6
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Ethnic Studies, Asia, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Sociolinguistics, Social and cultural anthropology, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity