Format:
Online-Ressource (xv, 270 p)
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ill
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0253215544
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0253341574
Content:
What characterizes the relationship between literature and the state? Should literature serve the needs of the state by constructing national consciousness, espousing state propaganda, and molding good citizens? Or should it be dedicated to a different kind of creative social endeavor? In this important book about literature and the politics of nation-building, Dominic Thomas assesses the contributions of Francophone African writers whose works have played a key role in the recent transition to democracy
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-254) and index
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Introduction: engineering history and engineering literature -- Official writers: the engineers of the Congolese soul -- Sony Labou Tansi: commitment, oppositionality, and resistance -- Henri Lopes: collaboration, confession, and testimony -- Emmanuel Dongala: history, memory, and reconciliation -- National conferences and media decentralization in Francophone Africa.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253341570
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Nation-Building, Propaganda, and Literature in Francophone Africa
Language:
English
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