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Author Thomas, Dominic Richard David.

Title Nation-building, propaganda, and literature in Francophone Africa / Dominic Thomas.

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 270 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-254) and index.
Contents Introduction: engineering history and engineering literature -- Official writers: the engineers of the Congolese soul -- Sony Labou Tansi: commitment, oppositionality, and resistance -- Henri Lopes: collaboration, confession, and testimony -- Emmanuel Dongala: history, memory, and reconciliation -- National conferences and media decentralization in Francophone Africa.
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Summary What characterizes the relationship between literature and the state? Should literature serve the needs of the state by constructing national consciousness, espousing state propaganda, and molding good citizens? Or should it be dedicated to a different kind of creative social endeavor? In this important book about literature and the politics of nation-building, Dominic Thomas assesses the contributions of Francophone African writers whose works have played a key role in the recent transition to democracy.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject African literature (French) -- History and criticism.
African literature (French)
Nationalism and literature -- Africa, French-speaking.
Nationalism and literature.
French-speaking Africa.
Politics and literature -- Africa, French-speaking.
Politics and literature.
Propaganda -- Africa, French-speaking.
Propaganda.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Thomas, Dominic Richard David. Nation-building, propaganda, and literature in Francophone Africa. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2002 0253341574 (DLC) 2002003703 (OCoLC)49332409
ISBN 025310954X (electronic book)
9780253109545 (electronic book)
0253106443
9780253106445
1282063081
9781282063082
0253341574
9780253341570
0253215544
9780253215543