Of Irony and Empire : Islam, the West, and the Transcultural Invention of Africa
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Examines the transformative power of irony in the creation of Muslim Africa.
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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- ISBN-13: 9780791472163
- ISBN-10: 0791472167
- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Publish Date: June 2008
- Dimensions: 8.96 x 6.01 x 0.61 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.77 pounds
- Page Count: 251
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