African Philosophical and Literary Possibilities

Re-reading the Canon
Herausgeber: Phiri, Aretha

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volumeprobes the interdisciplinary relationships between African literature and African philosophy within the context of epistemological decolonization and the (South) African scholarly transformation project. The contributors map out how philosophy and literature can be viewed as mutually enriching disciplines within and for Africa.

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Produktdetails

• African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9781498571265
• ISBN-10: 1498571263
• Artikelnr.: 63301406

Autorenporträt

Aretha Phiri is a senior lecturer in the Department of Literary Studies in English (DLSE) at Rhodes University and was a research fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) in South Africa (2017-2019).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Re-reading the Canon, Re-reading Africa
Aretha Phiri
Chapter 1 Philosophy and an African Conscience
Oritsegbubemi Anthony Oyowe
Chapter 2 African Literature as a Handmaid of African Philosophy
Chielozona Eze
Chapter 3 Conflict and Compromise in Three Novels of the Eastern Cape
George Hull
Chapter 4 Blind Sisyphus: Two Perspectives on Meursault
Pedro Tabensky
Chapter 5 Digital Media, Literacies, Literature, and the African Humanities
Pier Paolo Frassinelli and Lisa Treffry-Goatley
Chapter 6 African Gaze: Hollywood/Nollywood and the Postcolonial Science
Fiction Imagery in Nnedi Okorafor's Lagoon
Rocío Cobo-Piñero
Chapter 7 Transgressing Borders: (Re)imag(in)ing Africa(ns) in the World
Aretha Phiri
Chapter 8 "The Whims of the White Masters": Miriam Tlali's Between Two
Worlds and the Totality of White Power
Marzia Milazzo
Index
About the Contributors