TY  - BOOK
AU  - Laura Rice
TI  - Of Irony and Empire: Islam, the West, and the Transcultural Invention of Africa
SN  - 9780791472163
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Imperialism in literature
KW  - Irony in literature
KW  - War in literature
KW  - African literature
KW  - 20th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Islamic literature
KW  - Africa
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Islamic countries
KW  - Relations
KW  - Europe
N1  - 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
ER  -