1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451450003321

Autore

Newell Stephanie <1968->

Titolo

West African literatures [[electronic resource] ] : ways of reading / / Stephanie Newell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-90573-5

0-19-153837-X

0-19-151523-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in postcolonial literatures in English

Classificazione

17.76

Disciplina

820.9/966

Soggetti

West African literature (English) - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Africa, West Intellectual life

Africa, West In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements; Contents; List of maps; West African Timeline; 1 Introduction: Where is 'West Africa'?; 2 Négritude; 3 Facing East: Islam and Identity in West African Literature; 4 Oral Literatures; 5 Lost and Found in Translation; 6 Things Fall Apart: Presence and Palimpsest in the Colonial-scape; 7 Popular Literature; 8 Griots with Pens in their Hands: Literary Experiments with Oral Genres, 1960s-1990s; 9 Feminism and the Complex Space of Women's Writing; 10 Marxism and West African Literature; 11 The Three 'Posts': Postmodernism, Poststructuralism, Postcolonialism

12 Experimental Writing by the 'Third Generation'13 'Queering' West African Literatures: Calixthe Beyala, Werewere Liking, and Véronique Tadjo; 14 Conclusion: West Africa in Postcolonial Theory; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

West African Literatures provides students with fresh, in-depth perspectives on the key debates in the field. The aim of this book is not to provide an authoritative, encyclopaedic account, but to consider a selection of the region's literatures in relation to prevailing discussions about literature and postcolonialism. - ;The Oxford Studies in



Postcolonial Literatures series (general editor: Elleke Boehmer) offers stimulating and accessible introductions to definitive topics and key genres and regions within the rapidly diversifying field of postcolonial literary studies in English. This stud

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910704500903321

Titolo

Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program : hearings before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, on S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. Government Printing Office, , 2012-

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (volumes) : illustrations

Collana

S. hrg. ; ; 112-590

Soggetti

Military research - United States - Finance

United States Armed Forces Appropriations and expenditures

United States Armed Forces Military construction operations Law and legislation

United States Armed Forces Personnel management Law and legislation

United States Armed Forces Weapons systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from pt. 5 title screen (viewed on Feb. 19, 2013).

"February 14, 28; March 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 27, 2012"--Pt. 1.

"April 19 and 26, 2012"--Pt. 2.

"March 21 and May 10, 2012"--Pt. 3.

"March 27 and May 8, 2012"--Pt. 4.

"March 20, 27; April 17; June 12, 2012"--Pt. 5.

"March 28; April 25; June 21, 2012"--Pt. 6.

"March 14, 21, 28; April 25, 2012"--Pt. 7.



Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Military posture ... -- pt. 2. Seapower / Subcommittee on Seapower -- pt. 3. Readiness and management support / Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support -- pt. 4. Airland / Subcommittee on Airland -- pt. 5. Emerging threats and capabilities / Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support -- pt. 6. Personnel / Subcommittee on Personnel -- pt. 7. Strategic forces / Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996202958203316

Titolo

IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control : a publication of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, c1985-

ISSN

1525-8955

Soggetti

Ultrasonics

Ferroelectric crystals

Radio frequency

Sound

Radio

Biomedical Engineering

Radio Waves

Static Electricity

Ultrasons

Ferroélectricité

Changeurs de fréquence

Periodical

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed