Afropolitanism and the Novel: De-realizing Africa
Author:   Ashleigh Harris
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367235512


Pages:   198
Publication Date:   27 August 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Ashleigh Harris
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge India
Weight:   0.326kg
ISBN:  

9780367235512


ISBN 10:   036723551
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   27 August 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction: De-realization and the African Novel Part I: Afropolitanism and Literary Legitimacy 1. De-realizing Literary Form and Style Part II: De-Realization and the Aesthetics of Irrealism 2. Dissociation and Africa in the World 3. Street Lives and the Limits of Hustling 4. Detective Fictions in Submerged and Suspended Landscapes 5. Mutants and Contaminants in Afro-Futurist Irrealism Conclusion: Towards a Sustainable African Literary Future

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Ashleigh Harris is Associate Professor of English at Uppsala University, Sweden. She has published widely on Zimbabwean and South African literature. Harris is currently leading the ‘African Street Literature and the Future of Literary Form’ research project at Uppsala University, which collects, archives, and analyses sub-Saharan literary forms that are produced and circulated outside of the formal publishing industry. Harris is also a participant in the ‘Cosmopolitan and Vernacular Dynamics in World Literature’ research project, based at Stockholm University.

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