Contemporary African Literature in English : Global Locations, Postcolonial Identifications / / by M. Krishnan
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| Autore: |
Krishnan M
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| Titolo: |
Contemporary African Literature in English : Global Locations, Postcolonial Identifications / / by M. Krishnan
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| 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.: | 9910817615103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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