A new generation of African writers migration, material culture & language / Brenda Cooper.

Author/creator Cooper, Brenda
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWoodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : James Currey ; Scottsville, S.A. : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press,
Descriptionix, 182 p. ; 25 cm.
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Contents Introduction: Multiple worlds, material culture & language -- Virtual objects & parallel universes : Biyi Bandele's The street -- Everyday objects & translation : Leila Aboulela's The translator & coloured lights -- Possessions, science & power : Jamal Mahjoub's The carrier -- Words, things & subjectivity : Moses Isegawa's Abyssinian chronicles -- Breaking Gods & petals of purple : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple hibiscus -- An abnormal ordinary : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a yellow sun -- Conclusion : The rifle is not a penis.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-178) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009277396
ISBN9781847015075 (James Currey cloth)
ISBN1847015077
ISBN9781869141561 (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press paper)
ISBN1869141563

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