Contingent Canons: African Literature and the Politics of Location
Author:   Madhu Krishnan (University of Bristol)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108445375


Pages:   75
Publication Date:   08 November 2018
Format:   Paperback
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This Element explores the mechanisms through which 'African literature', as a market category, has been consecrated within the global literary field. Drawing on archival, textual and field-based research, it proposes that the normative story of African literary writing has functioned to efface a broader material history of African literary production located on and oriented to the continent itself.

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Author:   Madhu Krishnan (University of Bristol)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.20cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 18.00cm
Weight:   0.120kg
ISBN:  

9781108445375


ISBN 10:   1108445373
Pages:   75
Publication Date:   08 November 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Publishing Africa on a global scale; 2. Contemporary canons; 3. Alternative landscapes; Bibliography.

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'... [Madhu Krishnan] makes a compelling argument for expanding and also questioning the dominant perspective of literary and book studies on canonization and African literature.' Dorit Neumann, Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat


'… [Madhu Krishnan] makes a compelling argument for expanding and also questioning the dominant perspective of literary and book studies on canonization and African literature.' Dorit Neumann, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität


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