LEADER 02552nam 2200409 450 001 9910476790403321 005 20230511151914.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000000566627 035 $a(NjHacI)995470000000566627 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000000566627 100 $a20230511d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aFictions of African dictatorship $ecultural representations of postcolonial power /$fCharlotte Baker, Hannah Grayson, editors 210 1$aOxford, United Kingdom :$cPeter Lang International Academic Publishers,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 262 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aRace and resistance across borders in the long twentieth century 311 $a1-78707-683-0 330 $aFictions of African Dictatorship examines the fictional representation of the African dictator and the performance of dictatorship across genres. The volume includes contributions focusing on literature, theatre and film, all of which examine the relationship between the fictional and the political. Among the questions the contributors ask: what are the implications of reading a novel for its historical content or accuracy? How does the dictator novel interrogate ideas of veracity? How is power performed and ridiculed? How do different writers reflect on questions of authority in the postcolony, and what are the effects on their stories and modes of narration? This volume untangles some of the intricate workings of dictatorial power in the postcolony, through twelve close readings of works of fiction. It interrogates the intersections between real and literary space, exploring censorship, political critique and creative resistance. Insights into a wide range of lesser known texts and contexts make this volume an original and insightful contribution to scholarship on representations of dictatorship. 410 0$aRace and resistance across borders in the long twentieth century. 517 $aFictions of African Dictatorship 606 $aAfrican literature$xHistory and criticism$y20th century 606 $aAfrican literature 615 0$aAfrican literature$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aAfrican literature. 676 $a809.896 702 $aBaker$b Charlotte 702 $aGrayson$b Hannah 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910476790403321 996 $aFictions of African dictatorship$92263789 997 $aUNINA