African literature, animism and politcs /
Caroline Rooney.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2000
- vii, 246 p. ; 24 cm.
- Postcolonial literatures ; 4 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 --1 Clandestine Anti gones and the pre-post-colonial 31 -- Clandestine Antigones 36 -- Non-b elonging: thefamily without origin; the origin withoutfamily 57 -- Feti shism and a politics of the other 75 -- The pre-post-colonial and the a biku 91 -- The question of a regressive hybridity 123 -- The death driv e and spirit possession 135 -- Antigone and negotiation 149 --2 From He gel on Africa towards a reading of African literature 154 -- Hegel on A frica 157 -- The narcissistic aesthetic 186 -- The art of the undeniabl e 204 -- A walk with A Walk in the Night' 216 --Notes 228 -- Index 241.
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African literature-- History and criticism. Politics in literature-- Africa. Post colonialism in literature.