{"product_id":"capitalist-modernity-dissident-metaphors","title":"Capitalist Modernity, Dissident Metaphors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapitalist Modernity \u003c\/i\u003eanalyzes expressive commonalities across dissident cultures of the contemporary transatlantic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book coheres around shared use of subversive metaphors in Africa and the Americas, offering close study of select texts in Nigeria, Peru, and the United States. Montesano articulates his view of texts as speech-producing social actors, engaging racial capitalist theory as essential context for his global comparative analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith readings of works by James Baldwin, Joy Harjo, Ralph Ellison, Alonso Cueto, Ogaga Ifowodo, and Sonia Sanchez with Sweet Honey in the Rock, the project investigates the political significance of subversive arts on the one hand, and the mediated nature of their impact on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its scrutiny of literature’s capacities \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eits constraints in the political sphere, the book helps artists, educators, and general readers make better use of its powers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57260709773656,"sku":"9781032795522","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/capitalist-modernity-dissident-metaphors","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}