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1 online resource (xxiii, 226 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cross/cultures,
0924-1426 ;
80
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Cross/cultures ; 80.
0924-1426
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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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 |
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. NATION(S); 1 Nation: Conceptions; 2 Becoming Nations: Nigeria, Malaysia; PART II. BEN OKRI: THE ABIKU TRILOGY; 3 The Famished Road; 4 Songs of Enchantment; 5 Infinite Riches; PART III. K.S. MANIAM: TWO NOVELS; 6 The Return; 7 In A Far Country; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Synopsis of K.S. Maniam's Unpublished Novel Delayed Passage; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W. |
| Summary |
The Infinite Longing for Home is a groundbreaking study of Ben Okri's and K.S. Maniam's literary problematization of 'home' in relation to subjectivity and the nation within and beyond the context of Nigeria and Malaysia. Drawing on Lacan, Žižek, Laclau and Mouffe, and weaving through history, politics, philosophy and literature, this book critically examines the motives and means by which peoples forced to live together in a country love and hate each other, and overlook the truths about themselves, their actions and beliefs. It looks into why some embrace heterogeneity and open-endedness whi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Okri, Ben -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Okri, Ben. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Maniam, K. S. -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Okri, Ben -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Maniam, K. S. |
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Maniam, K. S. -- Criticism and interpretation. |
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Home in literature.
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Home in literature. |
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Nationalism in literature.
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Nationalism in literature. |
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Nigerian fiction (English)
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Nigerian fiction (English) |
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Malaysian fiction (English)
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Malaysian fiction (English) |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Title |
Desire and the nation in selected writings of Ben Okri and K.S. Maniam |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Lim, David C.L. Infinite longing for home. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2005 9042016779 (OCoLC)61766619 |
| ISBN |
1423789024 (electronic book) |
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9781423789024 (electronic book) |
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9789401201490 |
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9401201498 |
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9789042016774 |
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9042016779 (hardbound) |
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