A Fragmented Sense of Continuity
«It is in sound, therefore, that a fragmented sense of continuity with the past along the multiple routes across the Atlantic may be retraced and that a sense of local rootedness can be negotiated to envision a diasporic future.»
The quote is taken from the article «Sound Matters: Postcolonial Critique for a Viral Age» published 2018 in «Atlantic Studies: Global Currents». Last accessed on June 8, 2021.
Biography
Lars Eckstein studied English, German and physical education at the University of Tübingen and Indiana. He received his PhD in 2004 on Caribbean and African-American literature on the slave trade. After receiving his doctorate, he spent time abroad at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. He habilitated in 2008. He was assistant professor of English at the University of Tübingen and has been professor of anglophone literatures and cultures outside Britain and the USA at the University of Potsdam since 2009.
Published on September 23, 2016
Last updated on June 27, 2022
Topic
Diaspora
Does the global appropriation of kuduro exploit or reshape the identity of Angolans? How are «local» music genres like guayla sustained outside of Eritrea?
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