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African cultural production
African digital arts
African literature online
African social media arts
African writers and technology
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changing literary institutions
contemporary African poetics
contemporary African poetry
contemporary literary studies
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cultural exchange through poetry
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digital aesthetics in literature
digital disruption in publishing
digital humanities and literature
digital literature
digital media and literature
digital storytelling practices
digital-era literary canon
digital-first literary strategies
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Evan Mawarire
global literary networks
globalized literary evaluation
H. K. Banda
inclusive literary spaces
Instagram poets
interactive poetry experiences
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literature and digital activism
literature and globalization
Malawi
Malawian poets
media studies
multimedia poetry
networked literature
new media
nontraditional publishing pathways
ocial media influence on publishing
online literary innovation
online poetry networks
online publishing trends
online spoken word
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pan-African literary networks
participatory literary culture
performance studies
poetry and online communities
poetry and social media
poetry and video culture
poetry for global readers
poetry for social media audiences
poetry in southern Africa
poetry in the digital age
poetry on digital platforms
political rhetoric
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reader engagement online
slam poetry
social media and poetry
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South Africa
South African literary culture
spoken word poetry
tech-driven creativity
transnational literary networks
viral literature
viral poetry trends
virtual literary communities
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean poetry scene
Product details
- ISBN 9781625347671
- Weight: 272g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 23 Feb 2024
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Simultaneously transnational and local, poetry in the twenty-first century is produced across digital networks, shaped through local communities, and evaluated on a global scale. It might start on social media, where a video of a poet circulates and goes viral, gaining international attention without ever going through traditional modes of publication. In Networked Poetics, Susanna L. Sacks introduces readers to the southern African poetry scene in Malawi, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, illustrating how contemporary poetry is shaped, from inception to canonization, by the influence of digital media publication.
Interweaving ethnographic observation and extensive literary analysis, Sacks demonstrates that, as more artists in Africa reach wider audiences through online publication, poetic form has shifted to reflect social media’s aesthetic norms of urgency, immediacy, and populism. These changes have, in turn, challenged elite processes of valuation, forcing literary institutions like prizes, festivals, and curricula to accommodate the digital turn.
Susanna L. Sacks is assistant professor of comparative literature at Howard University.
