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The postcolonial animal : African literature and posthuman ethics / Evan Maina Mwangi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mwangi, Evan, author.
- Series:
- African perspectives (University of Michigan. Press)
- African perspectives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- African literature.
- African literature--21st century--History and criticism.
- Animals in literature.
- Postcolonialism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Despite the central role that animals play in African writing and daily life, African literature and African thinkers remain conspicuously absent from the field of animal studies.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Being Animals, Becoming-Africa
- Chapter 2. Re-Animating Precolonial Ecological Practices: The Case of Ubuntu
- Chapter 3. Not Yet Happily Ever After: Orature and Animals
- Chapter 4. Winds of Change and the God of Small Animals
- Chapter 5. Interspecies Sexual Intimacies
- Coda. More Agency from the Blue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 1086319281
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