Afroeuropean Mobilities in Francophone African Literatures

by Anna-Leena Toivanen

Overview

This open access book contributes to the mobility humanities from the perspective of postcolonial literary mobilities and aims at enhancing dialogue between mobilities research and postcolonial literary studies. The study produces new perspectives on Afroeuropean mobilities in Francophone African and Afrodiasporic literatures from the mid-twentieth century to the present, covering a wide set of texts across literary genres. Focusing on representations of educational travel, tourism, diasporic returns, work-related mobilities, and clandestine migratory journeys, Toivanen examines portrayals of mobility practices and modes of transport to map out the meanings of embodied (im)mobilities in the Afroeuropean context. In addition to thematic analysis, the volume also explores the manifestations of mobility in literary form.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031893025
Publisher:	Springer Nature Switzerland
Publication date:	04/30/2025
Series:	Studies in Mobilities, Literature, and Culture
Pages:	267
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Anna-Leena Toivanen is an Academy Research Fellow at the University of Eastern Finland. She is the author of Mobilities and Cosmopolitanisms in African and Afrodiasporic Literatures (2021) and co-editor of Urban Mobilities in Literature and Art Activism (2024).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Educational mobilities in the metropolis.- Chapter 3: Mobilities of African and Afroeuropean leisure travelers.- Chapter 4: Mobile “homecomings” from Europe to Africa.- Chapter 5: Work, labor, and Afroeuropean (im)mobilities.- Chapter 6: Clandestine Afroeuropean itineraries.