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Islam in the eastern African novel /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mirmotahari, Emad
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Literatures and cultures of the Islamic world.
Subjects:
Farah, Nuruddin, > 1945- > Criticism and interpretation.
Gurnah, Abdulrazak, > 1948- > Criticism and interpretation.
Vassanji, M. G. > Criticism and interpretation.
East African literature > History and criticism.
Islam in literature.
African literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Africa, East > Intellectual life.
Africa, East > In literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Paradises Lost: A Portrait of the Precolony in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Paradise
  • The Other Diaspora in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Admiring Silence and By the Sea
  • Situational Identities: Exiled Selves in Abdulrazak Gurnah's Memory of Departure and Pilgrims Way
  • "Men with Civilizations but Without Countries ":Afro- Indians at History's End
  • Revisiting Nuruddin Farah's From a Crooked Rib
  • A Typology of Political Islam: Religion and the State in Nuruddin Farah's Variations on theTheme of an African Dictatorship Trilogy.