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Vierke, Clarissa:
Boarding a Full Bus.
In: Matatu : Journal for African Culture and Society.
Bd. 51
(2020)
Heft 1
.
- S. 94-117.
ISSN 1875-7421
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18757421-05101001
Abstract
This paper interrogates the notion of intervention in popular poetry. It takes the example of popular poetry from Dar es Salaam, which has so far not received much scholarly attention, since it can neither be classified as traditional nor avantgarde. The urban poets struggle to make ends meet, but regularly publish their poetry in the newspaper or through social media and organize themselves in networks. They often remain without a voice in their society, but, contrary to a romanticist perception of the downtrodden, also do not seem to do much to criticize the status quo. Rather than following patterns of postcolonial paradigms which reduce poetry to a political message, I will argue for the potential of the aesthetic experience of poetry, whose imagery stirs the imagination of alternative worlds. Taking the example of a poem by the a female poet, Bi Jalala Sikudhani, I will show how the poem offers alternative views on her lifeworld.
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| Publikationsform: | Artikel in einer Zeitschrift |
|---|---|
| Begutachteter Beitrag: | Ja |
| Keywords: | popular poetry; Swahili; aesthetic experience |
| Institutionen der Universität: | Fakultäten > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Professur Literaturen in afrikanischen Sprachen > Professur Literaturen in Afrikanischen Sprachen - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Clarissa Vierke |
| Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Ja |
| Themengebiete aus DDC: | 400 Sprache > 490 Andere Sprachen 800 Literatur > 800 Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft 800 Literatur > 890 Andere Literaturen |
| Eingestellt am: | 24 Jul 2024 12:09 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 24 Jul 2024 12:09 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/90081 |