Fictions of African Dictatorship : Postcolonial Power Across Genres / Charlotte Baker, Hannah Grayson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baker, Charlotte, editor.

Grayson, Hannah, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Fictions of African Dictatorship examines the fictional representation of the African dictator and the performance of dictatorship across genres. The volume includes contributions focusing on literature, theatre and film, all of which examine the relationship between the fictional and the political. Among the questions the contributors ask: what are the implications of reading a novel for its historical content or accuracy? How does the dictator novel interrogate ideas of veracity? How is power performed and ridiculed? How do different writers reflect on questions of authority in the postcolony, and what are the effects on their stories and modes of narration? This volume untangles some of the intricate workings of dictatorial power in the postcolony, through twelve close readings of works of fiction.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2016 Front List Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 100664

ISBN:

9781787076822

Publisher Number:

10.3726/b11381

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access