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020 _a9780198745723 (hbk.)
020 _a0198745729 (hbk.)
020 _z9780198745716 (pbk.)
041 _aEnglish
042 _alccopycat
082 0 4 _a820.99676
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_bWES
100 1 _aWest-Pavlov, Russell,
245 1 0 _aEastern African literatures :
_btowards an aesthetics of proximity /
_cRussell West-Pavlov.
250 _aFirst edition.
260 _aOxford, United Kingdom ; New York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2018.
300 _axix, 219 pages :
_bmaps ;
_c21 cm.
440 _aOxford studies in postcolonial literatures in English.
505 _aIntroduction: Towards an aesthetic of proximity. --
505 _aPart I: Territories: Coast --
_t1. Land --
_t2. Cities. --
505 _aPart II: Histories: Precolonial histories --
_t3. Colonial histories --
_t4. Postcolonial histories. --
505 _aPart III: Communities: Genders --
_t5. Migratory identities --
_t6. Eastern Africa in the Global South. --
_t7. Conclusion: Eastern African literary futures.
520 8 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aEast African literature (English)
650 0 _aEast African literature
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_cBOOKS
100 1 _d1964-
_eeditor.
490 1 _aOxford studies in postcolonial literatures
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 181-211) and index.
648 7 _a1900-1999
_2fast
650 0 _xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _y20th century
_xHistory and criticism.
650 7 _2fast
650 7 _2fast
655 7 _aCriticism, interpretation, etc.
_2fast
830 0 _aOxford studies in postcolonial literatures in English.
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