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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972921803321

Autore

Alam S. M. Shamsul <1956->

Titolo

Rethinking the Mau Mau in Colonial Kenya / / by S. Alam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007

ISBN

9786611780746

9781281780744

128178074X

9780230606999

0230606997

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

967.62/03

Soggetti

Africa - History

Africa - Politics and government

Asia - History

Ethnology - Africa

Culture

Sociology

History, Modern

African History

African Politics

Asian History

African Culture

Modern History

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

Introduction : hegemony and counterhegemony in colonial context -- Domination and its resistance : writings on Mau Mau -- Rebel yell : the field marshal's story -- Women and Mau Mau -- Mau Mau and the critique of nationalism -- Writing as subversion : Ngui wa Thiong'o's Mau Mau -- Mau Mau in and as colonial discourse -- The subaltern writes back -- Conclusion : a presentist approach to Mau Mau.



Sommario/riassunto

This offers an alternative to the colonialistand nationalist explanations of the Mau Mau revolt, examining a widely studied period of Kenyan history from a new perspective.