Imagined States

Imagined States
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 9781474420853
ISBN-13 : 1474420850
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Book Synopsis Imagined States by : Baxter Katherine Isobel Baxter

Download or read book Imagined States written by Baxter Katherine Isobel Baxter and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagined States examines representations of the law in British and Nigerian high-brow, middle-brow and popular fiction and journalism. Drawing on a rich range of examples, the book focuses on the imaginative role that the state of exception played in the application of indirect rule during British colonialism and in the legal machinations of the postcolonial state. It reads works by Chinua Achebe, Joyce Cary, Cyprian Ekwensi and Edgar Wallace, together with a range of Nigerian market literature and journalism.


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