Imagined states : law and literature in Nigeria, 1900-1966 / Katherine Isobel Baxter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baxter, Katherine Isobel, 1976- author.

Series:

Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities.

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nigerian literature--History and criticism.

Nigerian literature.

Law in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 205 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

'Imagined States' examines representations of the law in British and Nigerian high-brow, middle-brow and popular fiction and journalism. It reads works by Chinua Achebe, Joyce Cary, Cyprian Ekwensi and Edgar Wallace, together with a range of Nigerian market literature and journalism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Literature, Imagination and the State of Exception

1 ‘Natural Justice, Equity and Good Conscience’: History, Politics and Law in Nigeria, 1900–1966

2 ‘I Am the Law’: District Commissioner Fiction and the State of Exception

3 ‘Seeking a Legal Form’: Joyce Cary’s Mister Johnson

4 ‘Beast of No Nation’: Bribery, Corruption and Late Colonial Administration in No Longer at Ease

5 ‘Written in the Interest of the People’: Representing the Law in Cyprian Ekwensi and Market Literature

6 ‘Sensational Coverage of a Sensational Trial’: Treason, Journalism and the State

7 Violence and the Law in A Man of the People

Conclusion: Imagined States

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7647-3

1-4744-2084-2

OCLC:

1306540581