Eastern African literatures : towards an aesthetics of proximity / Russell West-Pavlov.
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 specifi...
| Uniform Title: | Oxford studies in postcolonial literatures in English.
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in postcolonial literatures in English.
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| Physical Description: | xix, 219 pages : maps ; 22 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
| 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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| Call Number: | PR9340.5 .W46 2018 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198745729 9780198745723 |