Of Irony and Empire: Islam, the West, and the Transcultural Invention of Africa
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TextSeries: SUNY Series: Explorations in Postcolonial StudiesPublication details: Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007Description: ix, 241 p., ill.; 24 cmISBN: - 9780791472163
- Imperialism in literature
- Irony in literature
- War in literature
- African literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Islamic literature -- Africa -- History and criticism
- Africa -- Intellectual life
- Islamic countries -- Intellectual life
- Africa -- Relations -- Europe
- Europe -- Relations -- Africa
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-223) and index.
Prologue : of irony & empire -- African conscripts/European conflicts : race, memory, and the lessons of war -- Ambiguous adventure : reading Cheikh Hamidou Kane -- Heimlich un-Heimlich : of home as heterotopia in Salih, Tlili, and Mokeddem -- Epilogue : the ends of irony.
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