Globalectics : theory and the politics of knowing
by
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
Title
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Globalectics : theory and the politics of knowing
Author
:
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
ISBN
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9780231530750
Publication Information
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New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xi, 104 pages).
Series
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The Wellek library lectures in critical theory
Wellek Library lecture series at the University of California, Irvine.
Abstract
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Ngugi wa Thiong'o summarizes and develops a cross-section of the issues he has grappled with in his work, which deploys a strategy of imagery, language, folklore, and character to "decolonize the mind." Ngugi 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 theorists writing on power and postcolonial creativity, including Hegel, Marx, Levi-Strauss, and Aime Cesaire. Yet his explorations remain grounded in his own experiences with literature (and orature) and reworks the difficult dialectics of theory into richly evocative prose.
Subject Term
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Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Literature and globalization.
African literature -- Political aspects.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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Online Library | E-Book | 376461-1001 | ONLINE | | Elektronik Kütüphane |