{"product_id":"postcolonial-imperialism-critique-of-the-society-of-dazzlements-hardback-9781478033660","title":"Postcolonial Imperialism; Critique of the Society of Dazzlements (Hardback) 9781478033660","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePostcolonial Imperialism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCritique of the Society of Dazzlements\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph Tonda (Author), Cheryl Smeall (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781478033660\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 April 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e250 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.503 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003ePostcolonial Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e is a fluently translated introduction to a figure who has emerged as one of Africa’s most imaginative thinkers. The richness of Joseph Tonda’s work lies in the fine detail of his reading of our time as well as in the extravagance of his theoretical constructs.”—Achille Mbembe, author of \u003ci\u003eNecropolitics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book offers a groundbreaking approach to seemingly exhausted questions of postcoloniality and embodiment. With remarkable ingenuity, Tonda mobilizes a vast and eclectic range of genres and platforms, bringing into compelling dialogue both the celebrated and the infamous. Uncovering the limitations of dominant theoretical paradigms and disciplinary orientations, Tonda reconfigures modernity around transactions, transitions, and transgressions that shape embodied dynamics of violence and value.”—Naminata Diabate, author of \u003ci\u003eNaked Agency\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePostcolonial Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e considers the inability to distinguish between reality and fiction as a key condition of contemporary life. If postcolonial theory has highlighted how white colonizers created images of racialized Others which project their own self-hatred or disavowal, Joseph Tonda here shows how these images have in turn colonized Western imaginaries. He argues that the Global North’s obsession with its own phantoms takes a newly powerful form in the dazzling images of postcolonial screens. With examples ranging from Nicki Minaj to Osama Bin Laden and child soldier Johnny Mad Dog, Tonda reflects on power by analyzing the dazzlements of both Central Africa and the West, showing how African life prefigures Western experiences. Translated from its original French, \u003ci\u003ePostcolonial Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e is a prescient critique of authoritarian attempts to enforce alternate realities, and of the many ways screens can distort our vision.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTranslator’\u003cbr\u003es Note  ix\u003cbr\u003e Opening Threshold. The Dazzling Dark Powers of Postcolonial Imperialism  1\u003cbr\u003e Threshold 1. Johnny Mad Dog and Osama Bin Laden: Agents of Postcolonial Imperialism  21\u003cbr\u003e Threshold 2. Anchor Points  39\u003cbr\u003e Threshold 3. Illuminations  57\u003cbr\u003e Threshold 4. Sex-Bodies, Bombshell Breasts, and Dazzling DVDs and VCDs  83\u003cbr\u003e Threshold 5. Bombs and Lightning Bolts  97\u003cbr\u003e Threshold 6. Nafissatou Diallo, DSK, Sarkozy, and Postcolonial Imperialism  109\u003cbr\u003e Threshold 7. Literary Dazzlements  127\u003cbr\u003e Threshold 8. Africanism and Postcolonial Imperialism  155\u003cbr\u003e Anaconda. Critical Threshold of Postcolonial Imperialism  169\u003cbr\u003e Afterword \/ Peter Geschiere  181\u003cbr\u003e Notes  195\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  217\u003cbr\u003e Index  229\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591026766104,"sku":"9781478033660","price":71.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/postcolonial-imperialism-critique-of-the-society-of-dazzlements-hardback-9781478033660","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}