num_pages: 224
description: Debates about the ‘Black Atlantic’ have alerted us to an experience of modernization that diverges from the dominant Western narratives of globalization and technological progress. This outstanding volume expands the concept of the Black Atlantic by reaching beyond the usual African-American focus of the field, presenting fresh perspectives on postcolonial experiences of technology and modernization. A team of renowned contributors come together in this volume in order Exploring a variety of national, diasporan and transnational counternarratives to Western modernization, Beyond the Black Atlantic makes a valuable contribution to the fields of postcolonial, literary and cultural studies.
language: English
title: Beyond the Black Atlantic: Relocating Modernization and Technology
titlecomplete: Beyond the Black Atlantic: Relocating Modernization and Technology
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Routledge