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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791402503321

Autore

Ashuntantang Joyce

Titolo

Landscaping postcoloniality [[electronic resource] ] : the dissemination of Cameroon anglophone literature / / Joyce B. Ashuntantang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa

[East Lansing?], : Distributed in N. America by Michigan State University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-283-19810-X

9786613198105

9956-715-93-X

9956-715-10-7

9956-615-03-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Disciplina

820.996711

Soggetti

Cameroonian literature (English) - History and criticism

Book industries and trade - Cameroon

Book industries and trade - Africa, English-speaking

Booksellers and bookselling - Cameroon

Booksellers and bookselling - Africa, English-speaking

Publishers and publishing - Cameroon

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

"Appendix. Anglophone Cameroon literature : a comprehensive bibliography of primary texts and selected criticism": p. 149-166.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-147) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgement; Contents; Preface; Chapter One - Reversing Babeli: English in Anglophone Cameroon; Chapter Two - The Dissemination of African Literature and Canon Formation; Chapter Three - The Book Chain and Anglophone Cameroon Literature; Chapter Four - Anglophone Cameroon Literature: A Brief Overview; Conclusion; Endnotes; Works Cited; Appendix - Anglophone Cameroon Literature: A Comprehensive Bibliography of Primary Texts and Selected Criticism; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This is a foundational text on the production and dissemination of



Anglophone Cameroon literature. The Republic of Cameroon is a bilingual country with English and French as the official languages. Ashuntantang shows that the pattern of production and dissemination of Anglophone Cameroon literature is not only framed by the minority status of English and English-speaking Cameroonians within the Republic of Cameroon, but is also a reflection of a postcolonial reality in Africa where mostly African literary texts published by western multi-national corporations are assured wide international acc