Underdevelopment and African Literature - Emerging Forms of Reading

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. English as Immiseration; 3. How Europe Underdeveloped African Literature; 4. 'Nuance,' or: The Contemporary High-Literary Scene; 5. To 'Nurse Ambition'; 6. The Demotic Picaresque; 7. Bildung and Picaresque; 8. Conclusion.

Summary

The legal publishing industry in Africa campaigns to convince people to scorn pirates and plagiarists as a criminal underclass, and to instead purchase copyrighted, barcoded works that have the look of legitimacy about them. This Element is a study of the emergence of new forms of reading in English in African cities.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Brouillette, Sarah (Carleton University Brouillette, Brouillette Sarah
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781108713788
• ISBN: 978-1-108-71378-8
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Publishing and Boo; Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Africa / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, African History, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature: history and criticism