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Texts, Talks and Tailoring: Adichie and her Fashion Politics

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Art and Action: The Intersections of Literary Celebrity and Politics
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Matthew Lecznar assesses the fashion politics of Adichie's fiction and public discourse
Matthew Lecznar (University of Sussex) identifies the politics of fashion as central to the rise of Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to international prominence as a literary celebrity and public intellectual. He suggests that Adichie’s fashion and body politics function not only as media of self-promotion but must be regarded as a transmedia space that allows her to reach diverse audiences of different socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.

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Art and Action: The Intersections of Literary Celebrity and Politics
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Matthew Lecznar
Keywords
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
literary celebrity
politics
fashion
body
race
gender
public intellectual
Department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Date Added: 03/04/2016
Duration: 00:23:14

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