Contemporary African Literature in English [electronic resource] : Global Locations, Postcolonial Identifications /
Krishnan, M.author.
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.
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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
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Fiction.