Re-Reading Tragic Africa Development, Neoliberalism and Contemporary Fiction
Grounded in world-systemic analysis, this book revisits the literary and social implications of ‘tragedy’ in relation to global narratives about Africa and within fiction by writers from the continent. It argues that working through the full complexity of ‘tragedy’ helps to identify and challenge pl...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
| Series: | New Comparisons in World Literature
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: The Danger of the Single Reading
- 2. Reading Africa in the Neoliberal World-System
- 3. The Longer Walk to Freedom: South African Prophecy and Neoliberal Intervention upon ‘Tragic Africa’
- 4. ‘Africa awaits its creators’: Subverting Development Narratives
- 5. Back to Utopia: Retrieving the Past to Reclaim the Future
- 6. Conclusion: Towards a Kind of Paradise