Zuhura the African Lioness: Performance Poetry, Digital Media and the Transnational Tangle in World Literature
Paula Uimonen
Chapter from the book: Helgesson, S et al. 2018. World Literatures: Exploring the Cosmopolitan-Vernacular Exchange.
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Chapter from the book: Helgesson, S et al. 2018. World Literatures: Exploring the Cosmopolitan-Vernacular Exchange.
This chapter probes the multilayered location and multidirectional orientation of a female performance poet in Tanzania in terms of a transnational tangle in world literature. Rather than viewing the cosmopolitan/vernacular in world literature in terms of binary opposites, it argues for a more culturally sensitive approach to elucidate the intricacies of transnational interactions and entanglements. The analysis combines theories on literary worldmaking with anthropological theories on cosmopolitanism, globalisation and digital media.
Uimonen, P. 2018. Zuhura the African Lioness: Performance Poetry, Digital Media and the Transnational Tangle in World Literature. In: Helgesson, S et al (eds.), World Literatures. Stockholm: Stockholm University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/bat.l
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Published on Nov. 22, 2018