03078nam 2200661 a 450 991077893980332120200520144314.01-280-66634-X97866136432780-7391-4508-8(CKB)2550000000084389(EBL)860136(OCoLC)775873197(SSID)ssj0000612579(PQKBManifestationID)11931491(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612579(PQKBWorkID)10570259(PQKB)10391373(MiAaPQ)EBC860136(Au-PeEL)EBL860136(CaPaEBR)ebr10532559(CaONFJC)MIL364327(EXLCZ)99255000000008438920110824d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPostcolonial imaginations and moral representations in African literature and culture[electronic resource] /Chielozona EzeLanham, Md. Lexington Books20111 online resource (157 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-4506-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Postcolonial states of injury and moral imaginations -- The moral reinvention of Africa -- Things fall apart and the invention of the African culture -- The pitfalls of African feminism -- Robert Mugabe and the symbolic power of history -- Frantz Fanon and the search for new discourse paradigms -- Wole Soyinka and the moral foundations of community -- Literature and the task of increasing the sum total of humanity. Following in the footsteps of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, the tenor of the postcolonial African culture has been justifiably anti-imperialist. In the 21st century, however, there has been a gradual but certain shift away from the "write-back" discourse paradigm, towards more integrative, globally inflected cultural interpretive models in Africa. This book celebrates the emergence of new interpretive paradigms such as in African philosophy, gender studies and literature. African literature20th centuryHistory and criticismAfrican literature21st centuryHistory and criticismPostcolonialismAfricaPostcolonialism in literatureEthics in literatureAfricaIntellectual life20th centuryAfricaIntellectual life21st centuryAfrican literatureHistory and criticism.African literatureHistory and criticism.PostcolonialismPostcolonialism in literature.Ethics in literature.809.896Eze Chielozona941898MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778939803321Postcolonial imaginations and moral representations in African literature and culture3850962UNINA