Laura Rice <br/><br/>
Of Irony and Empire:  Islam, the West, and the Transcultural Invention of Africa 

 - Albany:  State University of New York Press,  2007 
 - ix, 241 p.,  ill.;  24 cm 
 - SUNY Series: Explorations in Postcolonial Studies .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-223) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780791472163 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Imperialism in literature.<br/>Irony in literature<br/>War in literature<br/>African literature--History and criticism--20th century<br/>Islamic literature--History and criticism--Africa
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa--Intellectual life<br/>Islamic countries--Intellectual life<br/>Africa--Relations--Europe<br/>Europe--Relations--Africa