African migration and the novel : exploring race, civil war, and environmental destruction / Jack Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Jack, 1982- author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration in literature.

Immigrants in literature.

African diaspora in literature.

Africans--Migrations.

Africans.

Africa--Emigration and immigration.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 209 pages).

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2024.

Contents:

Introduction: The Migratory Imagination

Migration, Sexual Exploitation, and the Form of the Afterlife of Slavery: Chika Unigwe's On Black Sisters Street and Chris Abani's Becoming Abigail

Refugee Livelihood, Racial Disorientation, and Mourning and Melancholy: Dinaw Mengestu's The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears and How to Read the Air

Hospitality, Forgiveness, and the Afterlife of Colonialism in the Paris Suburbs: Wilfried N'SondeÌ⁰'s The Heart of the Leopard Children and The Silence of Spirits

Migration and the Rwanda Genocide: Boubacar Boris Diop's Murambi: The Book of Bones and Gilbert Gatore's The Past Ahead

Environmental Devastation and Accumulation by Dispossession: Ishmael Beah's Radiance of Tomorrow and In Koli Jean Bofane's Congo INC.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 09, 2024).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Taylor, Jack, 1982- African migration and the novel

ISBN:

9781805432845

1805432842

9781805432838

1805432834

Publisher Number:

40032251551

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.