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Decolonization agonistics in postcolonial fiction / Chidi Okonkwo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Okonkwo, Chidi, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commonwealth fiction (English)--History and criticism.
- Commonwealth fiction (English).
- Literature and society--English-speaking countries--History--20th century.
- Literature and society.
- English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Postcolonialism--Commonwealth countries.
- Postcolonialism.
- History.
- Commonwealth countries.
- Decolonization in literature.
- Colonies in literature.
- English-speaking countries.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 236 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- Explores through theory and in-depth textual criticism how novelists from formerly colonized societies have exploited indigenous codes and conventions of aesthetic representation to transform the novel into an effective medium for cultural and political resistance to (neo)colonialism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312220685
- 0333638697
- OCLC:
- 40460049
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