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Dictators, Dictatorship and the African Novel

Fictions of the State under Neoliberalism
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This book examines the representation of dictators and dictatorships in African fiction. It examines how the texts clarify the origins of postcolonial dictatorships and explore the shape of the democratic-egalitarian alternatives. The first chapter explains the ‘neoliberal’ period after the 1970s as...
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This book examines the representation of dictators and dictatorships in African fiction. It examines how the texts clarify the origins of postcolonial dictatorships and explore the shape of the democratic-egalitarian alternatives. The first chapter explains the ‘neoliberal’ period after the 1970s as an effective ‘recolonization’ of Africa by Western states and international financial institutions. Dictatorship is theorised as a form of concentrated economic and political power that facilitates Africa’s continued dependency in the context of world capitalism. The deepest aspiration of anti-colonial revolution remains the democratization of these authoritarian states inherited from the colonial period. This book discusses four novels by Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Ahmadou Kourouma, Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in order to reveal how their themes and forms dramatize this unfinished struggle between dictatorship and radical democracy.  

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Auteur
Robert Spencer , Robert Spencer
Éditeur
Palgrave Macmillan
Collection
New Comparisons in World Literature
Parution
2021-03-01
Pages
276 pages
EAN papier
9783030665555

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Defaut-Illustration Robert Spencer
Defaut-Illustration Robert Spencer

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EAN PDF
9783030665562
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94,94 €
Nombre pages copiables
2
Nombre pages imprimables
27
Taille du fichier
2714 Ko
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9783030665562
Prix
94,94 €
Nombre pages copiables
2
Nombre pages imprimables
27
Taille du fichier
625 Ko
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