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A postmodern nationalist : truth, orality, and gender in the work of Mia Couto / Phillip Rothwell.
LIBRA PQ9939.C68 Z86 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rothwell, Phillip, 1972-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Couto, Mia, 1955---Criticism and interpretation.
- Couto, Mia.
- Couto, Mia, 1955---Political and social views.
- Couto, Mia, 1955-.
- Political and social views.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Mozambique--History--Revolution, 1964-1975.
- Mozambique.
- History.
- Mozambique--History--Independence and Civil War, 1975-1994.
- Physical Description:
- 210 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, [2004]
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: A Postmodern Nationalist 15
- 2. Li(v)es, Li(v)es, Li(v)es: The Link Between Truth and Death in Mia Couto 29
- 3. Righting Wrongs for Writing Rongas: The Politics of Literacy and Orthography 42
- 4. De-Scribing the Text: Orality's Infiltration of the Written Source 53
- 5. Seaing Into the Unconscious: The Role of Water in Mia Couto 91
- 6. Playing Gam(et)es With Gender: Subverting Orthodoxy Through Sexual Confusion 133
- 7. Finding the Nation's Phallus: Expelling the UN Specter from Mozambique 158
- Conclusion: Reaching Postcolonial Maturity? 170.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-200) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0838755852
- OCLC:
- 53369962
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