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From Arthouse to Grindhouse - and back? : Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Hoch- und Populärkultur
(2011)
Bericht zur Tagung 'From Arthouse to Grindhouse - and back? Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Hoch- und Populärkultur', Abteilung für Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft der Universität Wien, Societa - Forum für Ethik, Kunst und Recht, Filmarchiv Austria, 5. bis 7. Mai 2011
Die von Keyvan Sarkhosh (Wien) und Paul Ferstl (Wien) organisierte Tagung, die im Studiokino des Filmarchivs Austria stattfand, widmete sich in dreizehn Vorträgen diesen komplexen, sprach- und medienübergreifenden Wechselbeziehungen von 'Arthouse' und 'Grindhouse' und verband die inhaltliche Thematik mit dem methodischen Ziel einer verstärkten Theoretisierung bei der Betrachtung populärkultureller Phänomene.
The introduction informs about Black literary imaginations of Europe that reverse or complicate the (neo-)colonialist European gaze at the "African Other". It reviews the state of research and provides an overview of the aims and sources of the special issue, whose individual contributions take into account both national specificities and transnational contexts. Sandra Folie and Gianna Zocco emphasise the important role of comparative literature for the field of African European studies (and vice-versa).
This article studies two African American examples of provincialising Europe "from the inside", James Baldwin's essay "Stranger in the Village" and Vincent O. Carter's "The Bern Book", both set in 1950's Switzerland. It investigates how these texts reverse the ethnographic gaze at the "other" and use the rural Swiss scenario to imagine Europe as historically backward. While the authors differ in their intentions, both acts of provincialisation leave the superiority of European high culture intact.
This contribution gathers eight interviews with international scholars of different generations and disciplines who study Black European literatures: Elisabeth Bekers, Jeannot Moukouri Ekobe, Polo B. Moji, Deborah Nyangulu, Jeannette Oholi, Anne Potjans, Nadjib Sadikou, and Dominic Thomas. The aim is to make literary research on Black Europe more visible to scholars in comparative literature and to contribute to a discussion on research perspectives, theories, and future challenges and needs.