Of Irony and Empire
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Of Irony and Empire

Islam, the West, and the Transcultural Invention of Africa

Laura Rice

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Of Irony and Empire

Islam, the West, and the Transcultural Invention of Africa

Laura Rice

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Of Irony and Empire is a dynamic, thorough examination of Muslim writers from former European colonies in Africa who have increasingly entered into critical conversations with the metropole. Focusing on the period between World War I and the present, "the age of irony, " this book explores the political and symbolic invention of Muslim Africa and its often contradictory representations. Through a critical analysis of irony and resistance in works by writers who come from nomadic areas around the Sahara—Mustapha Tlili (Tunisia), Malika Mokeddem (Algeria), Cheikh Hamidou Kane (Senegal), and Tayeb Salih (Sudan)—Laura Rice offers a fresh perspective that accounts for both the influence of the Western, instrumental imaginary, and the Islamic, holistic one.

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Publisher
SUNY Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780791479520
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Middle Eastern Literary
Index
Literature

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