Africa's Narrative Geographies [[electronic resource] ] : Charting the Intersections of Geocriticism and Postcolonial Studies / / by D. Crowley
| Africa's Narrative Geographies [[electronic resource] ] : Charting the Intersections of Geocriticism and Postcolonial Studies / / by D. Crowley |
| Autore | Crowley D |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 192 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.8996 |
| Collana | Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies |
| 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 |
| ISBN | 1-137-51899-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
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Africa's Narrative Geographies : Charting the Intersections of Geocriticism and Postcolonial Studies / / by D. Crowley
| Africa's Narrative Geographies : Charting the Intersections of Geocriticism and Postcolonial Studies / / by D. Crowley |
| Autore | Crowley D |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 192 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809/.8996 |
| Collana | Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature, Modern - 20th century
Literature African literature Fiction Literature - History and criticism Literature - Philosophy Twentieth-Century Literature World Literature African Literature Fiction Literature Literary History Literary Theory |
| ISBN |
9781137518996
1137518995 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
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African Battle Traditions of Insult : Verbal Arts, Song-Poetry, and Performance / / edited by Tanure Ojaide
| African Battle Traditions of Insult : Verbal Arts, Song-Poetry, and Performance / / edited by Tanure Ojaide |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 pages) |
| Disciplina | 809.10096 |
| Collana | African Histories and Modernities |
| Soggetto topico |
African literature
Ethnology - Africa Culture Poetry Theater African Literature African Culture Poetry and Poetics Global and International Theatre and Performance |
| ISBN |
9783031156175
9783031156168 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: African Battle Traditions of Insult: Verbal Arts, Song-Poetry, and Performance—Tanure Ojaide -- Part I: African Origins -- 2. Battle by All Means: UrhoboUdje Song-Poetry and Performance—Tanure Ojaide -- 3. Halo: Music Text, Songs and Dance Performances in Ewe Folklore and Tradition—Honore Missihoun -- 4. Autobiographical Verbal Duels in Yoruba Polygamous Households—Adetayo Alabi -- 5. Shairiand Malumbano: The Tradition of Verbal Warfare in Swahili Literature—Mwenda Mbatiah -- 6. The Moral Authority of Battle Songs from Zimbabwe’s Shona Cultures: Context, Performance, and Audience of an Indigenous Knowledge System—Beauty Vambe -- Part II: Diaspora Manifestations -- 7. African-American Dozens—Michele Randolph and Maliek Lewis -- 8. Greek Letter Organization Step Show—Debra Smith -- 9. Battle Rap: An Exploration of Competitive Rhyming in Hip Hop —Matthew Oware -- 10. Fighting Words: Songs of Conflict,Censure, and Cussout in Trinidad and Tobago Carnival—Funso Aiyejina -- 11. “Oral Tradition and Cultures in Dialogue: OndjangoAngolano and Jongo da Serrinha”— Tonia Leigh Wind -- 12. “Stanzas and Sticks: Poetic and Physical Challenges in the Afro-Brazilian Culture of the Paraiba Valley, Rio de Janeiro”—Matthias RohrigAssuncao -- Part III: New Transformations -- 13. The Origin, Nature, Function, and Significance of Yabis—Enajite Eseoghene Ojaruega. 14. Epistemic Recuperation and Contemporary Reconfiguration of the Verbal Battle Tradition in the Poetry of Kofi Anyidoho and Tanure Ojaide—Mathias IroroOrhero -- 15. Battle Songs as UtaneMiseve: Contestations over Political Power in Post 2017 Military Coup in Zimbabwe—Maurice TaonezviVambe -- 16. The source and nature of Bragging in Bongo fleva in Tanzania—Dunlop Ochieng. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910720067603321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African Languages and Literatures in the 21st Century / / edited by Esther Mukewa Lisanza, Leonard Muaka
| African Languages and Literatures in the 21st Century / / edited by Esther Mukewa Lisanza, Leonard Muaka |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
| Disciplina |
496
306.44096 |
| Soggetto topico |
African languages
African literature Ethnology - Africa Culture Multilingualism Learning, Psychology of Language policy African Languages African Literature African Culture Instructional Psychology Language Policy and Planning |
| ISBN |
9783030234799
3030234797 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction (Esther Mukewa Lisanza and Leonard Muaka) -- SECTION 1: Language and Education -- Chapter 2: 21st Century North Africa: Nationalism, Globalization and the Struggle for Tamazight Language (Ali Alalou) -- Chapter 3: Appropriation of Orature for Pedagogy by Early Yorùbá Christians (Damola Adesina and Sola Olorunyomi) -- Chapter 4: Swahili Learning in the United States: What Does it Mean? (Esther Mukewa Lisanza) -- Chapter 5: Learning that Brings Joy in an African Language Class: The Power of Reflection and Service Learning (Dainess Maganda) -- Chapter 6: Linguistic Commodification and Africa's Linguistic Identities: Creating a Nexus! (Leonard Muaka) -- SECTION 2: Language and Literatures -- Chapter 7: Voicing the Silenced Through African Tongues: An Examination of Moolaadé and Tumaini (Rose Sau Lugano) -- Chapter 8: Racism and Identity crisis of a Muslim immigrant in Ahmed's Mhanga Nafsi Yangu (Mohamed Mwamzandi) -- Chapter 9: An Examination of Okot P' Bitek's Song of Lawino as a Mega Metaphor for the African Indigenous Languages (Martha Michieka) -- Chapter 10: Black-Islamic Feminism in 21st Century Senegalese Women's Pop Songs (Samba Camara) -- Chapter 11: Conclusion (Leonard Muaka and Esther Mukewa Lisanza). |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An African Philosophy of Personhood, Morality, and Politics / / by Motsamai Molefe
| An African Philosophy of Personhood, Morality, and Politics / / by Motsamai Molefe |
| Autore | Molefe Motsamai |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (185 pages) |
| Disciplina |
128
199.6 |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy, Modern
Ethnology - Africa Culture African literature Philosophical Traditions African Culture African Literature |
| ISBN |
9783030155612
3030155617 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1: Introduction -- 2: A Conceptual Mapping of Personhood -- 3: An Exposition of Personhood as Moral Theory -- 4: Personhood: Partiality or Impartiality -- 5: Personhood and Options in African Moral Thought -- 6: Personhood and Dignity in African Philosophy -- 7: Personhood as a Political Theory of Duties. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337691403321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 | ||
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Afroeuropean Mobilities in Francophone African Literatures / / by Anna-Leena Toivanen
| Afroeuropean Mobilities in Francophone African Literatures / / by Anna-Leena Toivanen |
| Autore | Toivanen Anna-Leena |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2025.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XV, 267 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.896 |
| Collana | Studies in Mobilities, Literature, and Culture |
| Soggetto topico |
African literature
African literature (French) - History and criticism Travel in literature European literature Literature, Modern - 20th century Literature, Modern - 21st century African Literature European Literature Contemporary Literature |
| ISBN | 3-031-89303-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Educational mobilities in the metropolis -- Chapter 3: Mobilities of African and Afroeuropean leisure travelers -- Chapter 4: Mobile “homecomings” from Europe to Africa -- Chapter 5: Work, labor, and Afroeuropean (im)mobilities -- Chapter 6: Clandestine Afroeuropean itineraries. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910997189803321 |
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Animals and Desire in South African Fiction : Biopolitics and the Resistance to Colonization / / by Jason D. Price
| Animals and Desire in South African Fiction : Biopolitics and the Resistance to Colonization / / by Jason D. Price |
| Autore | Price Jason D |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 809.6 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature |
| Soggetto topico |
African literature
Literature, Modern - 20th century Literature, Modern - 21st century Literature Critical theory African Literature Contemporary Literature World Literature Critical Theory |
| ISBN |
9783319567266
3319567268 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Sameness and Difference in the "New" South Africa: Desire and Nonhuman Resistance -- Space and Desire on the (non)Farm: the Return of the Same in Disgrace and The Devil's Chimney -- Ways of Desiring: Postcolonial Animals and Affect in The Whale Caller -- Consuming the Other and the Ethics of "Eating:" Dominant Desire in Tanuki Ichiban and The Mother of All Eating -- Desire and the Law: Creative Resistance in The Reluctant Passenger and The Heart of Redness -- Transformative Encounters: Desiring Aliens & Hospitality in District 9. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255061503321 |
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Art, Creativity, and Politics in Africa and the Diaspora / / edited by Abimbola Adelakun, Toyin Falola
| Art, Creativity, and Politics in Africa and the Diaspora / / edited by Abimbola Adelakun, Toyin Falola |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 960 |
| Collana | African Histories and Modernities |
| Soggetto topico |
Africa - History
World history Ethnology - Africa Culture Africa - Politics and government African literature African History World History, Global and Transnational History African Culture African Politics African Literature |
| ISBN |
9783319913100
3319913107 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Rewriting Algeria: Transcultural Kinship and Anticolonial Revolution in Kateb Yacine's L'Homme aux sandales de caoutchou -- 3. Revolution and Revolt: Identitarian Space, Magic, and the Land in Decolonial Latin American and African Writing -- 4. Family Politics: Negotiating the Family Unit as a Creative Force in Chigozie Obioma's The Fishermen and Ben Okri's The Famished Road -- 5. Auteuring Nollywood: Rethinking the Movie Director and the Idea of Creativity in the Nigerian Film Industry -- 6. Nollywood in Rio: An Exploration of Brazilian Audience Perception of Nigerian Cinema -- 7. Re-Producing Self, Community, and "Naija" in Nigerian Diaspora Films: Soul Sisters in the United States and Man on the Ground in South Africa -- 8. A Single Story: African Women as Staged in US Theatre -- 9. Silêncio: Black Bodies, Black Characters, and the Black Political Persona in the Work of the Teatro Negro Group Cia dos Comuns -- 10. New Orleans: America's Creative Crescent -- 11. The Hashtag as Archive: Internet Memes in Nigeria's Social Media Election -- 12. Black Creativity in Jamaica and Its Global Influences: 1930-1987 -- 13. Ethics and Aesthetic Creativity: A Critical Reflection on the Moral Purpose of African Art -- 14. From Saartjie to Queen Bey: Black Female Artists and the Global Cultural Industry. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299791303321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 | ||
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Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia [[electronic resource] ] : Language, Culture, Identity / / by F. Ndhlovu
| Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia [[electronic resource] ] : Language, Culture, Identity / / by F. Ndhlovu |
| Autore | Ndhlovu F |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.896/094 |
| Soggetto topico |
African literature
African languages Sociolinguistics Applied linguistics Ethnology—Africa Ethnicity African Literature African Languages Applied Linguistics African Culture Ethnicity Studies |
| ISBN | 1-137-41432-4 |
| Classificazione | LAN009050SOC007000SOC056000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyrihgt; Dedication; Contets; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Introduction and Conceptual Issues; 2 Language and Identity in Australian Immigration Policy; 3 Language(s) and Nationality: Prime Markers of Diaspora Identities?; 4 Belonging and Attitudes Towards Migrant Heritage Languages; 5 Too Tall, Too Dark to Be Australian; 6 Being and Becoming Australian; 7 Language Practices in Regional Settings - The Language Nesting Model; 8 Conclusion: Alternative Imaginings of Diasporas - Insights from Decoloniality
AppendicesNotes; References; Index |
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Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia : Language, Culture, Identity / / by F. Ndhlovu
| Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia : Language, Culture, Identity / / by F. Ndhlovu |
| Autore | Ndhlovu F |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.896/094 |
| Soggetto topico |
African literature
African languages Sociolinguistics Applied linguistics Ethnology - Africa Culture Race African Literature African Languages Applied Linguistics African Culture Race and Ethnicity Studies |
| ISBN |
9781137414328
1137414324 |
| Classificazione | LAN009050SOC007000SOC056000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyrihgt; Dedication; Contets; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Introduction and Conceptual Issues; 2 Language and Identity in Australian Immigration Policy; 3 Language(s) and Nationality: Prime Markers of Diaspora Identities?; 4 Belonging and Attitudes Towards Migrant Heritage Languages; 5 Too Tall, Too Dark to Be Australian; 6 Being and Becoming Australian; 7 Language Practices in Regional Settings - The Language Nesting Model; 8 Conclusion: Alternative Imaginings of Diasporas - Insights from Decoloniality
AppendicesNotes; References; Index |
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