Afropolitanism and the novel de-realizing Africa / Ashleigh Harris.

Author/creator Harris, Ashleigh
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2019.
Descriptionpages cm
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Contents Introduction: de-realization and the African novel -- Part I: Afropolitanism and literary legitimacy -- De-realizing literary form and style -- Dissociation and Africa in the world -- Part II: De-realization and the aesthetics of irrealism -- Street lives and the limits of hustling -- Detective fictions in submerged and suspended landscapes -- Mutants and contaminants in Afro-futurist irrealism -- Conclusion: Towards a sustainable African literary future.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2019016225
ISBN9780367199272 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN9780367235512 (pbk. : alk. paper)