African migration and the novel : exploring race, civil war, and environmental destruction
Taylor, Jack, 1982-2024
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Total copies: 1
'African Migration and the Novel' explores pressing social and political issues such as racial identity, environmental devastation, human trafficking, and political violence through the lens of novels of African migration. The book details how authors such as Chika Unigwe, Chris Abani, Dinaw Mengestu, In Koli Jean Bofane, Boubacar Boris Diop, and others develop 'the migratory imagination': the creative means mobilized within their novels to expose the reader to contemporary social issues. Drawing on and synthesizing a multitude of theoretical frameworks including ecocriticism, postcolonial theory, genre studies, Black studies, paratextual reading, and political economy, the book argues for the flexibility of the migration novel as a genre.
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Author:
Taylor, Jack, 1982-, author
Imprint:
Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2024.
Collation:
viii, 209 pages ; 23 cm
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781648250910 (hbk)
Dewey class:
809.393526912096
Local class:
AR.2.01/TAY
Language:
English
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BRN:
3796661