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Contemporary African Literature in English: Global Locations, Postcolonial Identifications
M. Krishnan
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Description for Contemporary African Literature in English: Global Locations, Postcolonial Identifications
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
299g
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349478286
SKU
V9781349478286
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99-15
About M. Krishnan
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 ARIEL, Research in African ... Read more
Reviews for Contemporary African Literature in English: Global Locations, Postcolonial Identifications
Scholars of contemporary anglophone African fiction will be grateful to Madhu Krishnan for balancing close readings of a number of significant texts with careful attention to their conditions of publication and reception. Krishnan illuminates both the ethical and aesthetic concerns of important world writers and the conditions under which works marked as 'African' enter the world. - Andrew van ... Read more