Contemporary African literature in English : global locations, postcolonial identifications / Madhu Krishnan, Department of English, University of Bristol, UK.
Publication Info.
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-215) and index.
Contents
Ethics, conflict and re( -- )presentation -- Race, class and performativity -- Gender and representing the unrepresentable -- Mythopoetics and cultural re-creation -- Global African literature: strategies of address and cultural constraints -- Conclusion : writing Africa's futures?
Summary
'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, Nuruddin Farah and Chris Abani.
