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almahu_9947363609802882
Umfang:
292 p.
ISBN:
9781137401625 :
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1137401621 :
Serie:
New directions in book history
Inhalt:
This volume presents new research and critical debates in African book history, and brings together a range of disciplinary perspectives by leading scholars in the subject. It includes case studies from across Africa, ranging from third-century manuscript traditions to twenty-first century internet communications.
Inhalt:
"This landmark volume decolonizes the history of the book in Africa exploding tired stereotypes of Europe as 'literate' and Africa as 'oral'. A rich array of case studies examine the long pre-colonial history of manuscript and book production while bringing the story up to date with publishing histories of multinational companies, local academic presses, and the work of major figures of African literature. A treasure-trove for lovers of the book, and those with an interest in global media studies, African studies, book history, postcolonial studies." - Professor Isabel Hofmeyr, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
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Electronic book text.
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Epublication based on: 9781137401618.
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Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction PART I: FROM SCRIPT TO PRINT 1. Copying and Circulation in South Africa's Reading Cultures, 1780-1840-- Archie L. Dick 2. Printing as an Agent of Change in Morocco, 1864-1912-- Fawzi Abdulrazak 3. Between Manuscripts and Books: Islamic Printing in Ethiopia-- Alessandro Gori 4. Making Book History in Timbuktu-- Shamil Jeppie PART II: POLITICS AND PROFIT IN AFRICAN PRINT CULTURES 5. Print Culture and Imagining the Union of South Africa-- David Johnson 6. Creating a Book Empire: Longmans in Africa-- Caroline Davis 7. From Royalism to E-secessionism: Lozi Histories and Ethnic Politics in Zambia-- Jack Hogan and Giacomo Macola 8. Between the Cathedral and the Market: A Study of Wits University Press-- Elizabeth Le Roux PART III: THE MAKING OF AFRICAN LITERATURE 9. Francophone African Literary Prizes and the 'Empire of the French Language'-- Ruth Bush and Claire Ducournau 10. Heinemann's African Writers Series and the Rise of James Ngugi-- Nourdin Bejjit 11. The Publishing and Digital Dissemination of Creative Writing in Cameroon-- Joyce B. Ashuntantang Index.
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Sprache:
Englisch
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