Postcolonial Subjectivities in Africa
Author | : Pnina Werbner |
Publisher | : Zed Books |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2002 |
ISBN-10 | : 1856499553 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781856499552 |
Rating | : 4/5 (552 Downloads) |
Download or read book Postcolonial Subjectivities in Africa written by Pnina Werbner and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third volume in a trilogy on identity, memory and subjectivity. Contributors to the book share an ambition to combine personal, political and existential dimensions in detailed evocations of the ambitions and vulnerabilities of contemporary Africans. Their essays aim to forge alliances between patient local scholarship and adventurous theoretical speculation that should inspire new research and caution against bland generalizations about African marginality.