| Description |
ix, 182 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-178) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
African literature (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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African literature (English) |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
African literature (English) -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
| ISBN |
9781847015075 James Currey cloth |
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1847015077 |
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9781869141561 University of KwaZulu-Natal Press paper |
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1869141563 |
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