Gebundenes Buch

The Humanities Reloaded

Addressing Crisis

Herausgeber: Tomaselli, Keyan G.; Frassinelli, Pier Paolo

Beschreibung

This volume examines the crisis of humanities narratives in the context of neoliberal capitalism and of the emergence and consolidation of the metrics-driven, corporate, managerial university. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journal Critical Arts: South-North Cultural and Media Studies.

Autor

Keyan G. Tomaselli is Distinguished Professor in the Humanities Dean's Office at University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His other books on this topic include Cultural Tourism: Rethinking Indigeneity (2012), Writing in the San/d (2007), Where Global Contradictions are Sharpest (2005) and Encounters in the Kalahari (a Visual Anthropology special double issue, 1999, reprinted). Pier Paolo Frassinelli died in 2022 well before his time. He was on sabbatical leave and working on an African cinema project at the University of Stellenbosch. His home base was the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and he retained his connections with colleagues in Italy. Frassinelli's research interests included cultural and media studies, critical and decolonial theory, and African cinema. His latest book titled Borders, Media Crossings and the Politics of Translation: The Gaze from Southern Africa was published by Routledge in 2019.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781032418285
• ISBN-10: 1032418281
• Artikelnr.: 66736908