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The Book in Africa : Critical Debates / edited by C. Davis, D. Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New Directions in Book History, 2634-6125
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Africa.
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- African literature.
- African languages.
- Literature--Philosophy.
- Literature.
- Culture--Study and teaching.
- African Culture.
- African Literature.
- African Languages.
- Sociology of Culture.
- Literary Theory.
- Cultural Theory.
- Local Subjects:
- African Culture.
- African Literature.
- African Languages.
- Sociology of Culture.
- Literary Theory.
- Cultural Theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume presents new research and critical debates in African book history, and brings together a range of disciplinary perspectives by leading scholars in the subject. It includes case studies from across Africa, ranging from third-century manuscript traditions to twenty-first century internet communications.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- Acknowledgements Notes on the ContributorsIntroductionPART I: FROM SCRIPT TO PRINT 1. Copying and Circulation in South Africa's Reading Cultures, 1780-1840; Archie L. Dick2. Printing as an Agent of Change in Morocco, 1864-1912; Fawzi Abdulrazak3. Between Manuscripts and Books: Islamic Printing in Ethiopia; Alessandro Gori4. Making Book History in Timbuktu; Shamil JeppiePART II: POLITICS AND PROFIT IN AFRICAN PRINT CULTURES5. Print Culture and Imagining the Union of South Africa; David Johnson6. Creating a Book Empire: Longmans in Africa; Caroline Davis7. From Royalism to E-secessionism: Lozi Histories and Ethnic Politics in Zambia; Jack Hogan and Giacomo Macola8. Between the Cathedral and the Market: A Study of Wits University Press; Elizabeth Le RouxPART III: THE MAKING OF AFRICAN LITERATURE9. Francophone African Literary Prizes and the 'Empire of the French Language'; Ruth Bush and Claire Ducournau10. Heinemann's African Writers Series and the Rise of James Ngugi; Nourdin Bejjit11. The Publishing and Digital Dissemination of Creative Writing in Cameroon; Joyce B. Ashuntantang Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781349486441
- 1349486442
- 9781137401625
- 1137401621
- OCLC:
- 903645847
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