Writing on the soil : land and landscape in literature from eastern and southern Africa / Wahu-Mũchiri, Ng'ang'a.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wahu-Mũchiri, Ng'ang'a, author.

Series:

African perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature--History and criticism.

African literature.

Landscapes in literature.

Land use in literature.

Soils in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 218 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2023.

Contents:

Introduction: Land and landscape in Eastern and Southern African literatures

1. Settlers, lands and landscapes: mystical realism and the presence of nonhuman life

2. Land and landscape in Zimbabwean narratives of transcendence

3. Belonging and mobility: representations of Kenyan and Tanzanian urban landscapes

4. African languages, African socialisms, and representations of lands and landscapes

5. Representations of lands and landscapes at the humanity-ecology interface

Coda: This future lies in the past.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780472076208

0472076205

9780472056200

0472056204

OCLC:

1334884288