Contemporary African Literature in English [[electronic resource] ] : Global Locations, Postcolonial Identifications / / by M. Krishnan

• Autore: Krishnan M
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2014.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.996
• Soggetto topico: Literature, Modern—20th century; Literature—Philosophy; Culture—Study and teaching; African literature; Literature ; Fiction; Twentieth-Century Literature; Literary Theory; Cultural Theory; African Literature; Postcolonial/World Literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Writing Africa in a Global Marketplace; 1 Ethics, Conflict and Re(-)presentation; 2 Race, Class and Performativity; 3 Gender and Representing the Unrepresentable; 4 Mythopoetics and Cultural Re-Creation; 5 Global African Literature: Strategies of Address and Cultural Constraints; Conclusion: Writing Africa's Futures?; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Contemporary African Literature in English explores the contours of representation in contemporary Anglophone African literature, drawing on a wide range of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aminatta Forna, Brian Chikwava, Ngug? wa Thiong'o, Nuruddin Farah and Chris Abani.
• Titolo autorizzato: Contemporary African Literature in English
• ISBN: 1-137-37833-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787956003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II