Claiming History

Claiming History
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 230
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ISBN-10 : 023111351X
ISBN-13 : 9780231113519
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Book Synopsis Claiming History by : Eleni Coundouriotis

Download or read book Claiming History written by Eleni Coundouriotis and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Places African literature--novels of the colonial and postcolonial periods, written in both French and English--in their proper context within the field of postcolonial studies and illustrates how historical narration not only "answers back" to Europe's colonialist legacy, but also serves as a complex form of dissent among Africans themselves.


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