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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Subject
- General, African
- ISBN
- 9780253025807
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism
- Publication Name
- African Literature and Social Change : Tribe, Nation, Race
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Item Length
- 8.9 in
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 11.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
025302580X
ISBN-13
9780253025807
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28038257604
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Publication Name
African Literature and Social Change : Tribe, Nation, Race
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Subject
General, African
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
11.6 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2017-024198
Reviews
"Olakunle George rethinks the entirety of African literature by considering texts from the 19th century and mid-20th century alongside canonical texts by Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, and others, and thus expands the standard canon of African literature which begins roughly at independence in 1960." --Neil ten Kortenaar, author of Postcolonial Literature and the Impact of Literacy, "A new and welcome addition to the field of African literary studies, Olakunle George's African Literature and Social Change is dense where it needs to be and glories in productive close readings when its objects call for it."-- Comparative Literature Studies "Olakunle George rethinks the entirety of African literature by considering texts from the 19th century and mid-20th century alongside canonical texts by Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, and others, and thus expands the standard canon of African literature which begins roughly at independence in 1960."--Neil ten Kortenaar, author of Postcolonial Literature and the Impact of Literacy "This book is a bold exploration of the complexity of different modes of writing about Africa in the context of current debates on the nature of the literary in the production of African knowledge. Concerned with a rhetoric of self-writing as it has developed over two hundred years, Olakunle George attends to local details within the larger configurations of colonial discourse in this ambitious and timely work. It is a caution against the neglect of the conditions of possibility that made an African literature possible."--Simon Gikandi, author of Slavery and the Culture of Taste
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
Acknowledgements Introduction: Missionary Moments 1. Crossing Currents: Postcoloniality, Globalism, Diaspora 2. Mission Tide: Bishop S. A. Crowther and the "Black Whitemen" 3. Decolonization Time: Abrahams, James, Wright 4. Globalization Time: Achebe, Soyinka, and Beyond Epilogue: Gaps Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Alert to the ways in which critical theory and imaginative literature can enrich each other, African Literature and Social Change reframes the ongoing project of African literature. Concentrating on texts that are not usually considered together?writings by little-known black missionaries, so called "black whitemen," and better-known 20th century intellectuals and creative writers?Olakunle George shows the ways in which these writings have addressed notions of ethnicity, nation, and race and how the debates need to be rehistoricized today. George presents Africa as a site of complex desires and contradictions, refashioning the way African literature is positioned within current discussions of globalism, diaspora, and postcolonialism., George presents Africa as a site of complex desires and contradictions, refashioning the way African literature is positioned within current discussions of globalism, diaspora, and postcolonialism., Alert to the ways in which critical theory and imaginative literature can enrich each other, African Literature and Social Change reframes the ongoing project of African literature. Concentrating on texts that are not usually considered together--writings by little-known black missionaries, so called "black whitemen," and better-known 20th century intellectuals and creative writers--Olakunle George shows the ways in which these writings have addressed notions of ethnicity, nation, and race and how the debates need to be rehistoricized today. George presents Africa as a site of complex desires and contradictions, refashioning the way African literature is positioned within current discussions of globalism, diaspora, and postcolonialism.
LC Classification Number
PR9340.5.G44 2017
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