LEADER 03080nam 22005292 450 001 996248126703316 005 20221108054732.0 010 $a1-139-08571-9 010 $a0-511-55411-7 024 7 $a2027/heb07588 035 $a(CKB)2660000000000230 035 $a(dli)HEB07588 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000333374 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11929153 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000333374 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10336306 035 $a(PQKB)11700250 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511554117 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4637991 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000007428605 035 $a(EXLCZ)992660000000000230 100 $a20090513d2000|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNgugi wa Thiong'o /$fSimon Gikandi$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 328 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in African and Caribbean literature ;$v8 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 0 $a0-521-11901-4 311 0 $a0-521-48006-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: reading texts and contexts -- Narrative and nationalist desire: early short stories and The river between -- Educating colonial subjects: the "emergency stories" and Weep not, child -- Representing decolonization: A grain of wheat -- The poetics of cultural production: the later short stories and Petals of blood -- Performance and power: the plays -- The prisonhouse of culture: Detained and Devil on the cross -- The work of art in exile: Matigari -- Writing freedom: essays and criticism -- Conclusion. 330 $aKenyan dramatist and novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'o is a hugely influential African writer respected not only for his creative work but also for his criticism of wider cultural issues - issues such as nation and narration, power and performance, language and identity, empire and postcoloniality. Simon Gikandi's study, first published in 2000, offers a comprehensive analysis of all Ngugi's published work and explores the development of the major novels and plays against a background of colonialism and decolonisation in Kenya. Gikandi places the works in a context that examines the way they engage with the changing history of Africa. Tracing Ngugi's career from the 1960s through to his role in shaping a radical culture in East Africa in the 1970s and his imprisonment and exile in the 1980s, this book provides fresh insight into the author's life and the historic events that produced his work. 410 0$aCambridge studies in African and Caribbean literature ;$v8. 607 $aKenya$xIn literature 676 $a823 700 $aGikandi$b Simon$0221560 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248126703316 996 $aNgugi wa Thiong'o$92379532 997 $aUNISA