Title Of irony and empire : Islam, the West, and the transcultural invention of Africa / Laura Rice

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 241 pages) : illustrations Series SUNY series, explorations in postcolonial studies SUNY series, explorations in postcolonial studies. Contents Prologue : of irony & empire -- African conscripts/European conflicts : race, memory, and the lessons of war -- Ambiguous adventure : reading Cheikh Hamidou Kane -- Heimlich un-Heimlich : of home as heterotopia in Salih, Tlili, and Mokeddem -- Epilogue : the ends of irony Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-223) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Imperialism in literature. Irony in literature. War in literature. African literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Islamic literature -- Africa -- History and criticism Islamic literature -- History and criticism. HISTORY -- General. African literature Imperialism in literature Intellectual life International relations Irony in literature Islamic literature War in literature SUBJECT Africa -- Intellectual life Islamic countries -- Intellectual life Africa -- Relations -- Europe Europe -- Relations -- Africa Subject Africa Europe Islamic countries Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781435626881 1435626885 9780791472156 0791472159 9780791479520 0791479528

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