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African Literary NGOs: Power, Politics, and Participation
Doreen Strauhs
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Description for African Literary NGOs: Power, Politics, and Participation
Hardcover. Proposing the novel concept of the "literary NGO," this study combines interviews with contemporary East African writers with an analysis of their professional activities and the cultural funding sector to make an original contribution to African literary criticism and cultural studies. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; JFC; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Proposing the novel concept of the "literary NGO," this study combines interviews with contemporary East African writers with an analysis of their professional activities and the cultural funding sector to make an original contribution to African literary criticism and cultural studies.
Proposing the novel concept of the "literary NGO," this study combines interviews with contemporary East African writers with an analysis of their professional activities and the cultural funding sector to make an original contribution to African literary criticism and cultural studies.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
243
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137334046
SKU
V9781137334046
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99-15
About Doreen Strauhs
Doreen Strauhs is a professional with The German National Academic Foundation, Germany's largest organization sponsoring highly gifted students of outstanding academic achievements. She has been published with Wasafiri, The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, and Kunapipi. From 2006 to 2012, she worked in the East African NGO-sector and conducted research in Kenya, Uganda, and the USA on the contemporary generation of ... Read more
Reviews for African Literary NGOs: Power, Politics, and Participation
'This book is a very valuable addition to the scholarship available in the area of African Literature. It frequently highlights the numerous challenges faced by writers working in the postcolonial setting. Strauhs's analysis of the role of LINGOs in the development of literature in the region is focused and highly organized, concentrating on the role of LINGOs in defining the ... Read more