Globalectics
Theory and the Politics of Knowing
In this volume, Ngugi wa Thiong'o summarizes and develops a cross-section of the issues he has grappled with in his work, which uses a combination of imagery, language, folklore, and character to decolonize the mind. He also confronts the politics of language in African writing; the problem of linguistic imperialism and literature's ability to resist it; the difficult balance between orality, or orature, and writing, or literature; the tension between national and world literature; and the role of the literary curriculum in both reaffirming and undermining the dominance of the Western canon. Throughout, he engages a range of philosophers and…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-231-15951-7
- EAN: 9780231159517
- Produktnummer: 15909722
- Verlag: Columbia University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 120 S.
- Masse: H20.8 cm x B13.9 cm x D1.0 cm 169 g
- Gewicht: 169
Über den Autor
Ngugi wa Thiong'o is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and English at the University of California, Irvine, and an award-winning Kenyan author currently writing primarily in the Gikuyu language. The author of novels, plays, short stories, and essays, Ngugi wa Thiong'o is founder and editor of the online Gikuyu-language journal, Mutiiri, and an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most recent books include Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir; Decolonising the Mind; Something Torn and New; and the novels The River Between, Petals of Blood, and Wizard of the Crow, among others.
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