Re-Reading Tragic Africa

Development, Neoliberalism and Contemporary Fiction

AvAmy Rushton

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien New Comparisons in World Literature

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Grounded in world-systemic analysis, this book revisits the literary and social implications of ‘tragedy’ in relation to global narratives about Africa and within fiction by writers from the continent.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-06-01
Mått:148 x 210 x 16 mm
Vikt:388 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Comparisons in World Literature
Antal sidor:195
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031509544

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Amy Rushton is Senior Lecturer in English at Nottingham Trent University, UK. They have over a decade of teaching experience and have published numerous articles on African literature, neoliberalism, and contemporary cultural representations of mental distress. Amy is currently Chair of the Board for the National Survivor User Network (NSUN).

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: The Danger of the Single Reading.- 2. Reading Africa in the Neoliberal World-System.- 3. The Longer Walk to Freedom: South African Prophecy and Neoliberal Intervention upon ‘Tragic Africa’.- 4. ‘Africa awaits its creators’: Subverting Development Narratives.- 5. Back to Utopia: Retrieving the Past to Reclaim the Future.- 6. Conclusion: Towards a Kind of Paradise.