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Contemporary African Literature in English : Global Locations, Postcolonial Identifications / by M. Krishnan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Krishnan, M., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature, Modern--20th century.
- Literature, Modern.
- Literature--Philosophy.
- Literature.
- Culture--Study and teaching.
- Culture.
- African literature.
- Fiction.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- Literary Theory.
- Cultural Theory.
- African Literature.
- World Literature.
- Fiction Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- Literary Theory.
- Cultural Theory.
- African Literature.
- World Literature.
- Fiction Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Contemporary African Literature in English explores the contours of representation in contemporary Anglophone African literature, drawing on a wide range of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aminatta Forna, Brian Chikwava, Ngug? wa Thiong'o, Nuruddin Farah and Chris Abani.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Writing Africa in a Global Marketplace; 1 Ethics, Conflict and Re(-)presentation; 2 Race, Class and Performativity; 3 Gender and Representing the Unrepresentable; 4 Mythopoetics and Cultural Re-Creation; 5 Global African Literature: Strategies of Address and Cultural Constraints; Conclusion: Writing Africa's Futures?; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137378330
- 1137378336
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