Title: Of Irony and Empire
Description: "Of Irony and Empire is a thorough examination of Muslim writers from former European colonies in Africa who have increasingly entered into critical conversations with the metropole. Focusing on the period between World War I and the present, "the age of irony," this book explores the political and symbolic invention of Muslim Africa and its often contradictory representations. Through a critical analysis of irony and resistance in works by writers who come from nomadic areas around the Sahara - Mustapha Tlili (Tunisia), Malika Mokeddem (Algeria), Cheikh Hamidou Kane (Senegal), and Tayeb Salih (Sudan) - Laura Rice offers a perspective that accounts for both the influence of the Western, instrumental imaginary, and the Islamic, holistic one."--Jacket.
Subjects: Intellectual life, Relations, Imperialism in literature, Irony in literature, War in literature, African literature, History and criticism, Islamic literature, African literature, history and criticism, Islamic literature, history and criticism, Africa, intellectual life, Europe, foreign relations, Africa, foreign relations, europe