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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817615103321

Autore

Krishnan M

Titolo

Contemporary African Literature in English : Global Locations, Postcolonial Identifications / / by M. Krishnan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014

ISBN

1-137-37833-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Disciplina

820.996

Soggetti

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

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.