Irony, Agency and the Global Imaginary in Post-2000 Nigerian and Kenyan Literature
Irony, Agency and the Global Imaginary in Post-2000 Nigerian and Kenyan Literature
Falola, Dr. Toyin; Cartwright, Dr. Penny; Adelakun, Professor or Dr. Abimbola
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
03/2026
224
Dura
Inglês
9798765109717
15 a 20 dias
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Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. 'The illusion of affluence': Global overwhelm in Graceland
2. 'What kind of ants had built them': Dramatic irony and the global scale in Wizard of the Crow
3. '[F]lies on the eyelids': Media-made global imaginaries in Binyavanga Wainaina's short fiction
4. '[A]ll the clang, the rang-tang-tang': Relearning the global in One Day I Will Write About This Place
5. '[L]overs in distant lands': Post-developmetn and performances of modernity in I Do Not Come to You by Chance
6. Crisis and fantasy: Blackass's metamorphosizing global imaginaries
Conclusion: Lessons learned, alternate paths and the final form
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1. 'The illusion of affluence': Global overwhelm in Graceland
2. 'What kind of ants had built them': Dramatic irony and the global scale in Wizard of the Crow
3. '[F]lies on the eyelids': Media-made global imaginaries in Binyavanga Wainaina's short fiction
4. '[A]ll the clang, the rang-tang-tang': Relearning the global in One Day I Will Write About This Place
5. '[L]overs in distant lands': Post-developmetn and performances of modernity in I Do Not Come to You by Chance
6. Crisis and fantasy: Blackass's metamorphosizing global imaginaries
Conclusion: Lessons learned, alternate paths and the final form
Bibliography
Index
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comp lit; african literature; contemporary literature; global literature; world literature; narrative studies; politics of space; spatial theory; canon formation and canon studies; literary forms; peripheral; continent-based narratives; Africa; Kenyan literature; Nigerian literature; Afropolitanism; tourism and NGOs in global south; culture studies; diaspora; global north; perception; agency and strategy; migration novel; anglophone African literature; postcolonial studies; humanitarian culture; digital technologies; magazine culture
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. 'The illusion of affluence': Global overwhelm in Graceland
2. 'What kind of ants had built them': Dramatic irony and the global scale in Wizard of the Crow
3. '[F]lies on the eyelids': Media-made global imaginaries in Binyavanga Wainaina's short fiction
4. '[A]ll the clang, the rang-tang-tang': Relearning the global in One Day I Will Write About This Place
5. '[L]overs in distant lands': Post-developmetn and performances of modernity in I Do Not Come to You by Chance
6. Crisis and fantasy: Blackass's metamorphosizing global imaginaries
Conclusion: Lessons learned, alternate paths and the final form
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1. 'The illusion of affluence': Global overwhelm in Graceland
2. 'What kind of ants had built them': Dramatic irony and the global scale in Wizard of the Crow
3. '[F]lies on the eyelids': Media-made global imaginaries in Binyavanga Wainaina's short fiction
4. '[A]ll the clang, the rang-tang-tang': Relearning the global in One Day I Will Write About This Place
5. '[L]overs in distant lands': Post-developmetn and performances of modernity in I Do Not Come to You by Chance
6. Crisis and fantasy: Blackass's metamorphosizing global imaginaries
Conclusion: Lessons learned, alternate paths and the final form
Bibliography
Index
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
comp lit; african literature; contemporary literature; global literature; world literature; narrative studies; politics of space; spatial theory; canon formation and canon studies; literary forms; peripheral; continent-based narratives; Africa; Kenyan literature; Nigerian literature; Afropolitanism; tourism and NGOs in global south; culture studies; diaspora; global north; perception; agency and strategy; migration novel; anglophone African literature; postcolonial studies; humanitarian culture; digital technologies; magazine culture