Eastern African literatures : towards an aesthetics of proximity / Russell West-Pavlov.

By:

West-Pavlov, Russell, 1964- [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford studies in postcolonial literatures in EnglishPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 219 pages : maps ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780198745723 (hbk.)
0198745729 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

DDC classification:

820.9 23 PAV

LOC classification:

PR9340.5 .W47 2018

Summary: The book offers an overview of Eastern African writing in English since the mid-twentieth century. It shows how proximate modes of literary communication, arising out of residual but vibrant traditions of oral communication, blend with contemporary media to produce hybrid genres of proximity specific to Eastern African literary production.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-211) and index.

The book offers an overview of Eastern African writing in English since the mid-twentieth century. It shows how proximate modes of literary communication, arising out of residual but vibrant traditions of oral communication, blend with contemporary media to produce hybrid genres of proximity specific to Eastern African literary production.

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