Contemporary African literature in English : global locations, postcolonial identifications

Contemporary African literature in English : global locations, postcolonial identifications / Madhu Krishnan.

"Contemporary African Literature in English" explores the contours of representation in this fascinating field. Drawing on works by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aminatta Forna, Brian Chikwava, Ngug? wa Thiong'o, Nuruddin Farah, Chris Abani and many more, this study closes the gap between...

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Main Author: Krishnan, Madhu (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Basingstoke] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:
African literature (English) > History and criticism.
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
Literary theory.
Literary studies: from c 1900 -.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
African literature (English)
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers > 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
Literary theory > 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 > 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
Literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Ethics, Conflict and Re(
  • )presentation
  • 2. Race, Class and Performativity
  • 3. Gender and Representing the Unrepresentable
  • 4. Mythpoetics and Cultural Re-Creation
  • 5. Global African Literature: Strategies of Address and Cultural Constraints.

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