Contemporary African Literature in English

Global Locations, Postcolonial Identifications
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-47828-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 298 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krishnan, M.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Ethics, Conflict and Re(-)presentation 2. Race, Class and Performativity 3. Gender and Representing the Unrepresentable 4. Mythpoetics and Cultural Re-Creation 5. Global African Literature: Strategies of Address and Cultural Constraints Conclusion Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Madhu Krishnan is Lecturer in 20th and 21st century Postcolonial Writing at the University of Bristol, UK. Her research considers the construction and dissemination of a transnational idea of Africa in contemporary African writing, with particular interests in representation, space and transnationality. She has published numerous articles on African literatures and postcolonial studies in journals including , , and .