Africa's Narrative Geographies : Charting the Intersections of Geocriticism and Postcolonial Studies / / by D. Crowley

• Autore: Crowley D
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2015.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (X, 192 p.)
• Disciplina: 809/.8996
• Soggetto topico: Literature, Modern—20th century; Literature ; African literature; Fiction; Literature—History and criticism; Literature—Philosophy; Twentieth-Century Literature; Postcolonial/World Literature; African Literature; Literary History; Literary Theory
• Soggetto geografico: Africa In literature
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction. Charting a path for geocriticism -- My Black land : Senghor's construction of Africa -- Place and scale in Ngugi's universal garden -- Imagining the global village : Bessie Head's narratives of migration and boundaries -- Cosmopolitan Somalia : place and identity in Farah's Maps and Links -- Half slum, half paradise : Abani's global cities -- Conclusion. The landscape of geocritical inquiry : finding common ground for geocriticism and ecocriticism.
• Sommario/riassunto: Building on the emerging field of geocriticism, this book explores Africa's complex, dynamic literary landscapes, proffering new methods for understanding the geographies of African literature. Using both cultural geography and political ecology, Crowley offers fresh insights into key authors' imagined geographies of resistance and alterity.
• Titolo autorizzato: Africa's Narrative Geographies
• ISBN: 1-137-51899-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811628003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies