Imagined States

Law and Literature in Nigeria 1900-1966

AvKatherine Isobel Baxter

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Imagined States' examines representations of the law in British and Nigerian high-brow, middle-brow and popular fiction and journalism. Drawing on a rich range of examples, the book focuses on the imaginative role that the state of exception played in the application of indirect rule during British colonialism and in the legal machinations of the postcolonial state. Discussion includes works by Chinua Achebe, Joyce Cary, Cyprian Ekwensi and Edgar Wallace, as well as a range of Nigerian market literature and journalism from between 1900 and 1966.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-08-31
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:334 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Edinburgh Critical Studies in Law, Literature and the Humanities
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474487566

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Katherine Isobel Baxter is Reader in English Literature at Northumbria University. She is the author of 'Joseph Conrad and the Swan Song of Romance' (2010) and the co-editor of 'The Edinburgh Companion to the First World War and the Arts' (Edinburgh University Press, 2017), 'Conrad and Language' (Edinburgh University Press, 2016) and 'Joseph Conrad and the Performing Arts' (2009). She is general editor of the journal 'English'.

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The volume is a remarkable contribution, not just to West African literature, but to legal theory itself and the role that literature plays in enacting and codifying law.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Literature, Imagination and the State of Exception1. ‘Natural Justice, Equity and Good Conscience’: History, Politics and Law in Nigeria, 1900-19662. ‘I Am the Law’: District Commissioner Fiction and the State of Exception 3. ‘Seeking a Legal Form’: Joyce Cary’s Mister Johnson4. ‘Beast of No Nation’: Bribery, Corruption and Late Colonial Administration in No Longer At Ease5. ‘Written in the Interest of the People’: Representing the Law in Cyprian Ekwensi and Market Literature6. ‘Sensational Coverage of a Sensational Trial’: Treason, Journalism and the State7. Violence and the Law in A Man of the PeopleConclusion: Imagined StatesBibliography