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Of irony and empire : Islam, the West, and the transcultural invention of Africa /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rice, Laura
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Europe > Relations > Africa.
Africa > Relations > Europe.
Islamic countries > Intellectual life.
Africa > Intellectual life.
Islamic literature > Africa > History and criticism.
African literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
War in literature.
Irony in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : of irony & empire
  • African conscripts/European conflicts : race, memory, and the lessons of war
  • Ambiguous adventure : reading Cheikh Hamidou Kane
  • Heimlich un-Heimlich : of home as heterotopia in Salih, Tlili, and Mokeddem
  • Epilogue : the ends of irony.