African Literature, Animism and Politics

African Literature, Animism and Politics
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781134558841
ISBN-13 : 1134558848
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Book Synopsis African Literature, Animism and Politics by : Caroline Rooney

Download or read book African Literature, Animism and Politics written by Caroline Rooney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-01-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book marks an important contribution to colonial and postcolonial studies in its clarification of the African discourse of consciousness and its far-reaching analyses of a literature of animism. It will be of great interest to scholars in many fields including literary and critical theory, philosophy, anthropology, politics and psychoanalysis.


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