The literature of contemporary Sierra Leone : trauma, resilience, and creativity /
"Drawing from body studies, post-colonial theory, spatial theory, trauma theory, ecocriticism, history, and cultural studies, scholars and writers from West Africa and the United States tease out the beginnings, ecology, and dynamism of a bona fide national literature. They do so through a care...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY :
James Currey,
2025.
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| Summary: | "Drawing from body studies, post-colonial theory, spatial theory, trauma theory, ecocriticism, history, and cultural studies, scholars and writers from West Africa and the United States tease out the beginnings, ecology, and dynamism of a bona fide national literature. They do so through a careful examination of such themes as social oppression and class distinction, dystopia, ethnocentricity, homophobia, misogyny and gender disparities, anthropocentrism, self-discovery, social transformation, identity, social degradation, genocide, and trauma, while also theorizing constructs such as home, migration, displacement, community, and return. Throughout, contributors argue for a better appreciation of a vibrant national literature by Sierra Leoneans themselves as well as its place in and contribution to world literature more generally"-- |
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| Physical Description: | x, 205 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847014177 1847014178 |