UID:
almafu_9960119394002883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 328 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780511887154
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0511887159
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9781139085717
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1139085719
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9780511554117
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0511554117
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in African and Caribbean literature ; 8
Content:
Kenyan dramatist and novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'o is a hugely influential African writer respected not only for his creative work but also for his criticism of wider cultural issues - issues such as nation and narration, power and performance, language and identity, empire and postcoloniality. Simon Gikandi's study, first published in 2000, offers a comprehensive analysis of all Ngugi's published work and explores the development of the major novels and plays against a background of colonialism and decolonisation in Kenya. Gikandi places the works in a context that examines the way they engage with the changing history of Africa. Tracing Ngugi's career from the 1960s through to his role in shaping a radical culture in East Africa in the 1970s and his imprisonment and exile in the 1980s, this book provides fresh insight into the author's life and the historic events that produced his work.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Introduction: reading texts and contexts -- Narrative and nationalist desire: early short stories and The river between -- Educating colonial subjects: the "emergency stories" and Weep not, child -- Representing decolonization: A grain of wheat -- The poetics of cultural production: the later short stories and Petals of blood -- Performance and power: the plays -- The prisonhouse of culture: Detained and Devil on the cross -- The work of art in exile: Matigari -- Writing freedom: essays and criticism -- Conclusion.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521119016
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521119014
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521480062
Additional Edition:
ISBN 052148006X
Language:
English
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