Of Irony and Empire : Islam, the West, and the Transcultural Invention of Africa (Suny series, Explorations in Postcolonial Studies)

Rice, Laura

State University of New York Press（2008/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 251 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780791472163
• DDC分類 960

Full Description

Examines the transformative power of irony in the creation of Muslim Africa.

Of Irony and Empire is a dynamic, thorough examination of Muslim writers from former European colonies in Africa who have increasingly entered into critical conversations with the metropole. Focusing on the period between World War I and the present, "the age of irony," this book explores the political and symbolic invention of Muslim Africa and its often contradictory representations. Through a critical analysis of irony and resistance in works by writers who come from nomadic areas around the Sahara-Mustapha Tlili (Tunisia), Malika Mokeddem (Algeria), Cheikh Hamidou Kane (Senegal), and Tayeb Salih (Sudan)-Laura Rice offers a fresh perspective that accounts for both the influence of the Western, instrumental imaginary, and the Islamic, holistic one.

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Prologue: Of Irony and Empire

2. African Conscripts/European Conflicts: Race, Memory, and the Lessons of War

3. Ambiguous Adventure: Reading Cheikh Hamidou Kane

4. Heimlich un-Heimlich: Of Home as Heterotopia in Salih, Tlili, and Mokeddem

5. Epilogue: The Ends of Irony

Notes
Bibliography
Index