03457nam 2200757Ia 450 991095600610332120200520144314.00-7914-7952-81-4356-2688-5(CKB)1000000000483097(OCoLC)191684322(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575992(SSID)ssj0000213597(PQKBManifestationID)11196842(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213597(PQKBWorkID)10151537(PQKB)10799125(MdBmJHUP)muse6580(Au-PeEL)EBL3407565(CaPaEBR)ebr10575992(DE-B1597)684243(DE-B1597)9780791479520(Perlego)2674446(MiAaPQ)EBC3407565(EXLCZ)99100000000048309720061109d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrOf irony and empire Islam, the West, and the transcultural invention of Africa /Laura Rice1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20071 online resource (253 p.) SUNY series, explorations in postcolonial studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-7216-7 0-7914-7215-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-223) and index.Prologue : of irony & empire -- African conscripts/European conflicts : race, memory, and the lessons of war -- Ambiguous adventure : reading Cheikh Hamidou Kane -- Heimlich un-Heimlich : of home as heterotopia in Salih, Tlili, and Mokeddem -- Epilogue : the ends of irony.Of Irony and Empire is a dynamic, thorough examination of Muslim writers from former European colonies in Africa who have increasingly entered into critical conversations with the metropole. Focusing on the period between World War I and the present, "the age of irony," this book explores the political and symbolic invention of Muslim Africa and its often contradictory representations. Through a critical analysis of irony and resistance in works by writers who come from nomadic areas around the Sahara—Mustapha Tlili (Tunisia), Malika Mokeddem (Algeria), Cheikh Hamidou Kane (Senegal), and Tayeb Salih (Sudan)—Laura Rice offers a fresh perspective that accounts for both the influence of the Western, instrumental imaginary, and the Islamic, holistic one.SUNY series, explorations in postcolonial studies.Imperialism in literatureIrony in literatureWar in literatureAfrican literature20th centuryHistory and criticismIslamic literatureAfricaHistory and criticismAfricaIntellectual lifeIslamic countriesIntellectual lifeAfricaRelationsEuropeEuropeRelationsAfricaImperialism in literature.Irony in literature.War in literature.African literatureHistory and criticism.Islamic literatureHistory and criticism.960Rice Laura1809337MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956006103321Of irony and empire4360062UNINA