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UNINA9910787956003321 |
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Autore |
Krishnan M |
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Titolo |
Contemporary African Literature in English [[electronic resource] ] : Global Locations, Postcolonial Identifications / / by M. Krishnan |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2014.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literature, Modern—20th century |
Literature—Philosophy |
Culture—Study and teaching |
African literature |
Literature |
Fiction |
Twentieth-Century Literature |
Literary Theory |
Cultural Theory |
African Literature |
Postcolonial/World Literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Writing Africa in a Global Marketplace; 1 Ethics, Conflict and Re(-)presentation; 2 Race, Class and Performativity; 3 Gender and Representing the Unrepresentable; 4 Mythopoetics and Cultural Re-Creation; 5 Global African Literature: Strategies of Address and Cultural Constraints; Conclusion: Writing Africa's Futures?; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Contemporary African Literature in English explores the contours of representation in contemporary Anglophone African literature, drawing on a wide range of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aminatta Forna, Brian Chikwava, Ngug? wa Thiong'o, Nuruddin Farah and Chris Abani. |
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