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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451855603321

Autore

Rice Laura

Titolo

Of irony and empire [[electronic resource] ] : Islam, the West, and the transcultural invention of Africa / / Laura Rice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007

ISBN

0-7914-7952-8

1-4356-2688-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

SUNY series, explorations in postcolonial studies

Disciplina

960

Soggetti

Imperialism in literature

Irony in literature

War in literature

African literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Islamic literature - Africa - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Africa Intellectual life

Islamic countries Intellectual life

Africa Relations Europe

Europe Relations Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue : of irony & empire -- African conscripts/European conflicts : race, memory, and the lessons of war -- Ambiguous adventure : reading Cheikh Hamidou Kane -- Heimlich un-Heimlich : of home as heterotopia in Salih, Tlili, and Mokeddem -- Epilogue : the ends of irony.