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Author:   Esther Mavengano ,  Isaac Mhute
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.637kg
ISBN:  

9783031353222

ISBN 10:   3031353226
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   19 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Chapter 1: Introduction: Contextualising the notion of deceit in the postcolonial  Zimbabwe’s political landscape Part I: Language/discourse and  a culture of deceit in  Zimbabwe’s politics Chapter 2: Crushing the Self and Propping the Other: The Language of (mis)representation in post-colonial Zimbabwe Chapter 3: The Politics of (il) legitimacy in African Governments.  A Case Of Operation Restore Legacy And The New Political Dispensation of 2017 in Zimbabwe Chapter 4: Postcolonial political landscape in Zimbabwe: A replica of a Shona traditional ‘Baboon and Hare’ Folktale Chapter 5: When deceit became an illustrious heroic event: A rhetorical analysis of Gukurahundi and ethnic (mis) representation discourses in post-independent Zimbabwe Part II:The poetic and sonic  narratives of deceit in the postcolonial Zimbabwe’s politics Chapter 6: The absence of phonation is not lack of speech: Memory and verbal silences in narrating (in) effable postcolonial malaise in contemporary Zimbabwean fictional oeuvre Chapter 7: Judaist culture in post-colonial agrarian reform in Zimbabwe: Gendered disillusionment, betrayal and land reclamation in Raymond’s Choto’s Vavariro (1990). Chapter 8: The Post-Independent Zimbabwe leadership and literary imaginings of betrayal in Ignatius. Mabasa`s Novel Mapenzi (1999). Chapter 9: Governmental Judasology in the ‘Zimbabwean Crisis’: The Potentially Accusatory Disposition(s) in Thomas Mapfumo’s Selected Songs Part III: The Media,   political conflict and  a culture of deceit in postcolonial Zimbabwe Chapter 10: Indigenous African Languages media and subaltern participation in Zimbabwe Deprivation and Deceitfulness: Theologizing the land reform program in post-independent Zimbabwe Chapter 11: The Paradox of POST – colonial Politics: The Zimbabwe False Dawns Chapter 12: The Politics of Legitimacy in African Governments.  A Case Of Operation Restore Legacy And Chapter 13: The New Political Dispensation of 2017 in Zimbabwe Chapter 14: Citizen or alien? Politics of urban control and the dis(ex)tortion of Democracy in Zimbabwe. Chapter 15: Conclusion

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Esther Mavengano is lecturer in English and Media Studies, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe.Isaac Mhute is Associate Professor of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe.

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