Of irony and empire
Subtitle: Islam, the West, and the transcultural invention of Africa
By: Laura Rice.
Series: Suny series, explorations in postcolonial studies
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780791472156
Subjects: Imperialism in literature; Irony in literature; Imperialism in literature; War in literature; African literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Islamic literature -- Africa -- History and criticism; Africa -- Intellectual life; Islamic countries -- Intellectual life; Africa -- Relations -- Europe; Europe -- Relations -- Africa
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : of irony & empire; title: African conscripts/European conflicts : race, memory, and the lessons of war; title: Raising Kane : the ambiguous adventure of reading Cheikh Hamidou Kane; title: Heimlich un-Heimlich : of home as heterotopia in Salih, Tlili, and Mokeddem; title: Epilogue : the ends of irony.