Africa's Narrative Geographies

Charting the Intersections of Geocriticism and Postcolonial Studies
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-52275-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 220 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Reihe: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies

Building on the emerging field of geocriticism, this book explores Africa's complex, dynamic literary landscapes, proffering new methods for understanding the geographies of African literature. Using both cultural geography and political ecology, Crowley offers fresh insights into key authors' imagined geographies of resistance and alterity.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crowley, D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Charting a Path for Geocriticism 1. "My Black Land": Senghor's Construction of "Africa" 2. Place and Scale in Ng?g?'s "Universal Garden" 3. Imagining the Global Village: Bessie Head's Narratives of Migration and Boundaries 4. Cosmopolitan Somalia: Place and Identity in Farah's Maps and Links 5. Half Slum, Half Paradise: Abani's Global Cities Conclusion: The Landscape of Geocritical Inquiry: Finding Common Ground for Geocriticism and Ecocriticism

Über Autor(innen)

Dustin Crowley is a Lecturer at the University of Kansas, USA.