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Eastern African literatures : towards an aesthetics of proximity / Russell West-Pavlov.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford studies in postcolonial literatures in EnglishPublication details: U.S.A. Oxford University Press 2018Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 219 pages : maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780198745723 (hbk.)
  • 0198745729 (hbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 820.9/9676 23
LOC classification:
  • PR9340.5 .W47 2018
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.
Item type: Book
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MARY IMMACULATE LIBRARY PR9340.5 .W47 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CAS A-11644

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-211) and index.

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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