In this chapter, I will explore ‘black portraitures’ in Teju Cole’s writings, photos, and art history lessons, while ‘following’ his journeying – geographic, literary, photographic, digital – in both his photo essays and criticism Known and Strange Things (2016), Blind Spot (2016), in his novel Open City (2011) and his latest essay collection Black Paper (2021). I intend to study his poetics, his aesthetics and his ethical stance, particularly in relation to his re-formulation of postcolonial paradigms. Intersecting trajectories with works by Caryl Phillips (The European Tribe, 1987) and by Johny Pitts (Afropean. Notes from Black Europe, 2019) will also be considered.

‘Following’ Teju Cole’s ‘Black Portraitures’. On Zigzagging Between (Digital) Literature, Photography, Art History, Music and Much More…

C. Concilio
2023-01-01

Abstract

In this chapter, I will explore ‘black portraitures’ in Teju Cole’s writings, photos, and art history lessons, while ‘following’ his journeying – geographic, literary, photographic, digital – in both his photo essays and criticism Known and Strange Things (2016), Blind Spot (2016), in his novel Open City (2011) and his latest essay collection Black Paper (2021). I intend to study his poetics, his aesthetics and his ethical stance, particularly in relation to his re-formulation of postcolonial paradigms. Intersecting trajectories with works by Caryl Phillips (The European Tribe, 1987) and by Johny Pitts (Afropean. Notes from Black Europe, 2019) will also be considered.
2023
Postcolonial Publics: Art and Citizen Media in Europe
Edizioni Cafoscari Unive
Studi e ricerche
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978-88-6969-677-0
https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-678-7/
Teju Cole. Black portraitures. New media. Postcolonial theory. Black intellectuals
C. Concilio
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