附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index.
Hoping for cultural studies / Lawrence Grossberg -- Is adding talking drums to the orchestra enough? (African) literary traditions or African cultural studies? -- 1. Notes on (re)making literature: exploring the possibility of a utilitarian African literature studies -- 2. Always already African cultural studies? (Re)examining historical and contemporary issues in cultural studies -- 3. The play's the thing wherein we'll find cultural studies at work: African drama as cultural studies? -- 4. What's lit gotta do with it? The (potential) contribution of literature as cultural studies to African development -- 5. Concluding scattered speculations on African cultural studies.