Nationalists and Nomads - Essays on Francophone African Literature and Culture (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

How does African literature written in French change the way we think about nationalism, colonialism, and postcolonialism? How does it imagine the encounter between Africans and French? And what does the study of African literature bring to the fields of literary and cultural studies? Christopher L. Miller explores these and other questions in "Nationalists and Nomads."
Miller ranges from the beginnings of francophone African literature--which he traces not to the 1930s Negritude movement but to the largely unknown, virulently radical writings of Africans in Paris in the 1920s--to the evolving relations between African literature and nationalism in the 1980s and 1990s. Throughout he aims to offset the contemporary emphasis on the postcolonial at the expense of the colonial, arguing that both are equally complex, with powerful ambiguities. Arguing against blanket advocacy of any one model (such as nationalism or hybridity) to explain these ambiguities, Miller instead seeks a form of thought that can read and recognize the realities of both identity and difference.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1999
First published:	March 1999
Authors:	Christopher L. Miller
Dimensions:	23 x 16 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-52804-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Nationalism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence Promotions
LSN:	0-226-52804-9
Barcode:	9780226528045

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