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Paperback. It is widely accepted that the canon of African American literature has racial realism at its core. This book aims to show that some celebrated African American authors, such as James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, have resisted this canonical rule. It also presents sixteen short stories and novelettes to demonstrate this act of literary defiance. Editor(s): Jarrett, Gene Andrew. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814742884
- ISBN
- 9780814742884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.32
€ 43.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. Written in a clear, accessible, storytelling style, Black Theater: A Cultural Companion 1850 - Today will shine a bright new light on the culture which has historically nurtured and inspired Black Theater. The book takes the reader on a journey to discover how social realities impacted the plays dramatists wrote and produced. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634432
- ISBN
- 9780745634432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.00
€ 27.00
Hardback. Written in a clear, accessible, storytelling style, Black Theater: A Cultural Companion 1850 - Today will shine a bright new light on the culture which has historically nurtured and inspired Black Theater. The book takes the reader on a journey to discover how social realities impacted the plays dramatists wrote and produced. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634425
- ISBN
- 9780745634425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.17
€ 79.17
Hardback. Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. This title argues that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789965
- ISBN
- 9780226789965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
€ 95.07
€ 78.49
Paperback. Considering the singular experience of the African American writer, this title argues that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures, even as it adapted and transformed the cultural traditions and religions of Africa and the African diaspora along the way. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789972
- ISBN
- 9780226789972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.88
€ 36.99
€ 28.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439913376
- ISBN
- 9781439913376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Considers fragments of experience recorded in oral histories and newspapers as well as those produced in twentieth-century novels, films, and television that reveal how the black body in pain functions as a rhetorical device and as political strategy. This book investigates America's love-hate relationship with black bodies in pain. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926810
- ISBN
- 9780813926810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.53
€ 32.53
Paperback. 200 pages. African delights is a unique literary journey through some critical moments in South African history. The journey begins in Sophiatown of the 1950s, one of the most definitive periods in South African urban culture. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; DN; HBJH. Dimension: 211 x 138 x 18. Weight: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781431402519
- ISBN
- 9781431402519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.45
€ 18.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. Charts new directions in the study of African-language literatures generally, and isiZulu fiction in particular. Mhlambi proposes that African popular arts and culture models be considered as a logical solution to the debates and challenges informing discourses about expressive forms in African languages. Num Pages: 220 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 2H; CJB; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145652
- ISBN
- 9781868145652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. Series: African Literature Today. 192 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Emenyonu, Ernest N. How have African writers addressed the issue of war and its impact across the continent?. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; DSBH. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 14. Weight: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780852555712
- ISBN
- 9780852555712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.68
€ 26.99
€ 26.68
Paperback. * The first anthology of African literary criticism * Brings together key texts that are otherwise hard to locate * Covers all genres and critical schools * Provides the intellectual context for understanding African literature * Facilitates the future development of African literary criticism. Editor(s): Olaniyan, Tejumola; Quayson, Ato. Num Pages: 792 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 247 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1366.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 792
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405112017
- ISBN
- 9781405112017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.32
€ 53.32
Hardcover. * The first anthology of African literary criticism * Brings together key texts that are otherwise hard to locate * Covers all genres and critical schools * Provides the intellectual context for understanding African literature * Facilitates the future development of African literary criticism. Editor(s): Olaniyan, Tejumola; Quayson, Ato. Num Pages: 800 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 181 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405112000
- ISBN
- 9781405112000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.45
€ 142.45
Paperback. Gathering a range of traditional African myths, this collection offers tales of heroes battling mighty serpents and monstrous birds, brutal family conflict and vengeance, and desperate migrations across vast and alien lands. All the narratives found here concern origins - whether of the universe, peoples or families. Editor(s): Belcher, Stephen. Num Pages: 544 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449457
- ISBN
- 9780140449457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. 256 pages, ports. SA PEN brings you a brand new anthology of writings from Africa, a collection that will to give the reader insight into what African writers are experiencing and writing about in the new decade. A total of 530 entries were received for the 2011 PEN/Studzinski Literary Award. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 17. Weight: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Jacana Media
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781431401208
- ISBN
- 9781431401208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.52
€ 23.99
€ 20.52
Paperback. This anthology of 20 stories are from all over Africa, grouped geographically into four different sections - West, East, North and Southern Africa. Editor(s): Achebe, Chinua; Innes, C. L. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435905361
- ISBN
- 9780435905361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.31
€ 17.31
Paperback. Used Copy But Remains Readable
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Popular Library
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- SKU
- KDK0015041
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A key volume for Shakespeare, African theatre and postcolonial cultural scholars, promoting debate on the role of Western cultural icons in contemporary postcolonial cultures. Editor(s): Banham, Martin. Series: African Theatre. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8, 7 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings, 7 black and white, 1 lin. BIC Classification: 1HF; 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010803
- ISBN
- 9781847010803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.68
€ 26.99
€ 26.68
Paperback. For the first time, a distinctive collection of plays by African women published in English Editor(s): Perkins, Kathy A. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; DD; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075735
- ISBN
- 9780252075735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
African Women Writing Resistance: An Anthology of Contemporary Voices
Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez (Ed.)
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pambazuka Press
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857490209
- ISBN
- 9780857490209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.65
€ 23.99
€ 20.65
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 188 x 18. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590335666
- ISBN
- 9781590335666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61€ 61.19
€ 79.61
€ 61.19
Paperback. Editor(s): Sherman, Joan R. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 132 x 6. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Edition
- Dover Thrift Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486296043
- ISBN
- 9780486296043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99
€ 7.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256. 210 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; GTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 12. Weight: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Africa World Pr
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592210565
- ISBN
- 9781592210565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.90
€ 25.90
Paperback. Series: Black Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226035437
- ISBN
- 9780226035437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Hardback. Michelle D. Commander traces how black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa through speculative literature and film and travel to cultural heritage sites as means to create a sense of homecoming, belonging, and connection with their ancestors, spiritual realm, and Africa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363118
- ISBN
- 9780822363118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.28
€ 110.28