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Record Nr.

UNISA996580167303316

Autore

Adenekan Shola

Titolo

African literature in the digital age : class and sexual politics in new writing from Nigeria and Kenya / / Shola Adenekan [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Suffolk : , : Boydell & Brewer, , 2021

ISBN

1-78744-858-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

African articulations

Disciplina

820.99669

Soggetti

Nigerian literature (English) - History and criticism

Kenyan literature (English) - History and criticism

Literature and the Internet

Online authorship

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Mar 2021).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Kenyan and Nigerian Writers in the Digital Age -- Network Thinking : Literary Networks in the Digital Age -- Class and Poetry in the Digital Age -- Class Consciousness in Online Fictions -- Digital Queer : The Queering of African Literature -- Middle-Class, Transnational, Queer and African -- 'Ashewo no be job' : The Figure of the Modern Girl in the Digital Age -- The Erotic in New Writing from Nigeria -- Social Media and the Aesthetics of the Quotidian -- Conclusion : Connecting the Dots.

Sommario/riassunto

The first book-length study on the relationship between African literature and new media.