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The impact of nationalism on the emergence and development of African literature is now well documented. Globalization or the postnational state it seems to herald, the emblematic phenomenon of our era, has not received much attention. Using a cultural studies approach, Beyond Empire and Nation is a fascinating account of the process of globalization in African Literature. The book starts with an analysis of nationalist rhetoric and ideology as exemplified by works such as Things Fall Apart. Thereafter, it dedicates a chapter each to B. Kojo Laing's novels and Nuruddin Farah's Trilogy (Maps, Gifts, and Secrets) as articulations of a globalized, postnational reality. At the heart o the book is an analysis of a nuanced and complex experience of global modernity as Africans reassess the constants of nationalist discourse: culture, identity, locality, and territoriality. Ngaboh-Smart does not believe that the postnational phenomenon is necessarily detrimental to the national-state and argues that it may well be capable of generating a new form of individual agency, although he is critical of those writers who ignore the new power dynamic inherent in globalization. Moving beyond the “clash of cultures” paradigm, Ngaboh-Smart's account of the renegotiation of national identity and ideology is a significant contribution to the criticism of African literature and its link to global social processes.
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Genre |
: Literary Criticism |
Author |
: Francis Ngaboh-Smart |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Release |
: 2021-11-29 |
File |
: 190 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789004486485 |
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The decolonization of countries in Asia and Africa is one of the momentous events in the twentieth century. But did the shift to independence indeed affect the lives of the people in such a dramatic way as the political events suggest? The authors in this volume look beyond the political interpretations of decolonization and address the issue of social and economic reorientations which were necessitated or caused by the end of colonial rule. The book covers three major issues: public security; the changes in the urban environment, and the reorientation of the economies. Most articles search for comparisons transcending the colonial and national borders and adopt a time frame extending from the late colonial period to the early decades of independence in Asia and Africa (1930s-1970s). The volume is part of the research programme ‘Indonesia across Orders’ of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation. Contributors to the volume are: Greg Bankoff, Raymond Betts, Ann Booth, Cathérine Coquéry-Vidrovitch, Freek Colombijn, Frederick Cooper, Bill Freund, Karl Hack, Jim Masselos and Willem Wolters.
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Genre |
: Political Science |
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Release |
: 2013-03-28 |
File |
: 304 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789004260443 |
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Genre |
: History |
Author |
: Frederic E. Wakeman |
Publisher |
: Institute of East Asian Studies University of California - B |
Release |
: 2006 |
File |
: 348 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015064803425 |
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A sequel to the author's Three Worlds of Development, this book looks at the situation 15 years later and discovers that neither Western nor Socialist ways seem to be the approach of the Developing World, which appears to depend upon military rule for purposes of both economic development and democratization.
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Genre |
: Business & Economics |
Author |
: Irving Louis Horowitz |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Release |
: 1982 |
File |
: 360 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 0195029321 |
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Shatters the conventional belief that American foreign policy was borne out of a reaction to Pearl Harbor, revealing instead a rich history of debates over the direction of American international relations, many of which persist to this day.
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Genre |
: History |
Author |
: David C. Hendrickson |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 2009 |
File |
: 504 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015078774455 |
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Genre |
: West (U.S.) |
Author |
: Linus Pierpont Brockett |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1881 |
File |
: 1382 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: NYPL:33433069130239 |
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Proposal to move the capitol of the United States from Washington D.C. to St. Louis, Missouri.
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Genre |
: Saint Louis (Mo.) |
Author |
: L. U. Reavis |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1869 |
File |
: 184 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: OSU:32435016772766 |
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Genre |
: Bible |
Author |
: J. W. Riley |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1873 |
File |
: 430 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: IND:30000097224269 |
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Genre |
: England |
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1879 |
File |
: 576 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UCAL:C3470742 |
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Genre |
: Africa |
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1987 |
File |
: 248 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105129046103 |