African Literature, Animism and Politics

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

Av Caroline Rooney, UK) Rooney, Caroline (University of Kent

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This book marks an important contribution to colonial and postcolonial studies in its clarification of the African discourse of consciousness and its far-reaching analyses of a literature of animism. It will be of great interest to scholars in many fields including literary and critical theory, philosophy, anthropology, politics and psychoanalysis.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-09-01
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt362 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
Antal sidor254
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780415418553

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Introduction Part I: Clandestine Antigones and the Pre-Post-Colonial 1. Clandestine antigones 2. Non-belonging: the family without origin; the origin without family 3. Fetishism and a politics of the other 4. The pre-post-colonial and the Abiku 5. The question of a regressive hybridity 6. The death drive and spirit possession 7. Antigone and negotiation Part II: From Hegel on Africa Towards a Reading of African Writing 8. Hegel on Africa 9. The narcissistic aesthetic 10. The art of the undeniable 11. A walk with 'A Walk in the Night'