{"product_id":"continental-drift-from-national-characters-to-virtual-subjects-9780226023502","title":"Continental Drift: From National Characters to Virtual Subjects","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Emily Apter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: African\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom xenophobic appropriations of Joan of Arc to Afro-futurism and cyberpunk, the \"national\" characters of the colonial era often seem to be dissolving into postnational and virtual subjects. In \u003ci\u003eContinental Drift, \u003c\/i\u003e Emily Apter deftly analyzes the French colonial and postcolonial experience as a case study in the erosion of belief in national destiny and the emergence of technologically mediated citizenship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Among the many topics Apter explores are the fate of national literatures in an increasingly transnational literary climate; the volatile stakes of Albert Camus's life and reputation against the backdrop of Algerian civil strife; the use of literary and theatrical productions to \"script\" national character for the colonies; belly-dancing and aesthetic theory; and the impact of new media on colonial and postcolonial representation, from tourist photography to the videos of Digital Diaspora. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eContinental Drift\u003c\/i\u003e advances debates not just in postcolonial studies, but also in gender, identity, and cultural studies; ethnography; psychoanalysis; and performance studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46896889659543,"sku":"9780226023502","price":4665.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226023502.webp?v=1770360300","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/continental-drift-from-national-characters-to-virtual-subjects-9780226023502","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}