Chris Abani / Annalisa Oboe and Elisa Bordin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oboe, Annalisa, author.

Bordin, Elisa, author.

Series:

Contemporary world writers.

Contemporary world writers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abani, Chris--Criticism and interpretation.

Abani, Chris.

Human rights in literature.

Aesthetics in literature.

Ethics in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 275 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Touching on global issues such as violence, sexual abuse, gender, performativity, marginality, migration and human rights, Abani's work testifies to the centrality of his literary voice in the contemporary literary panorama. This book shows how aesthetics overlaps with ethics and how forms of extreme abuse may coexist with love and redemption.

Contents:

Front Matter

Dedication

Contents

Series editor's foreword

Acknowledgments

List of abbreviations

Chronology

1 Contexts and intertexts

2 Peripheral violence in GraceLand

3 Trafficking love, Becoming Abigail

4 No words for violence? Song for Night

5 For Los Angeles, with love

6 'State' violence

7 Critical overview and conclusion

Select bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 25, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Oboe, Annalisa Chris Abani

ISBN:

9781526147196

152614719X

9781526147219

1526147211

OCLC:

1298393734