African Migration and the Novel - (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora) by Jack Taylor (Hardcover)
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- Examines how current novels dealing with African migration address social issues, immigrant subjectivity, and the politics of migration.African Migration and the Novel: Exploring Race, Civil War, and Environmental Destruction explores pressing social and political issues such as racial identity, environmental devastation, human trafficking, and political violence through the lens of novels of African migration.
- Author(s): Jack Taylor
- 218 Pages
- Literary Criticism, African
- Series Name: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
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"Explores pressing social and political issues such as racial identity, environmental devastation, human trafficking, and political violence through the lens of novels of African migration. The book details how authors such as Chika Unigwe, Chris Abani, Dinaw Mengestu, In Koli Jean Bofane, Boubacar Boris Diop, and others develop 'the migratory imagination': the creative means mobilized within their novels to expose the reader to contemporary social issues. Drawing on and synthesizing a multitude of theoretical frameworks including ecocriticism, postcolonial theory, genre studies, Black studies, paratextual reading, and political economy, the book argues for the flexibility of the migration novel as a genre"--Book Synopsis
Examines how current novels dealing with African migration address social issues, immigrant subjectivity, and the politics of migration.African Migration and the Novel: Exploring Race, Civil War, and Environmental Destruction explores pressing social and political issues such as racial identity, environmental devastation, human trafficking, and political violence through the lens of novels of African migration. The book details how authors such as Chika Unigwe, Chris Abani, Dinaw Mengestu, In Koli Jean Bofane, Boubacar Boris Diop, and others develop "the migratory imagination" the creative means mobilized within their novels to expose the reader to contemporary social issues. Drawing on and synthesizing a multitude of theoretical frameworks including ecocriticism, postcolonial theory, genre studies, Black studies, paratextual reading, and political economy, the book argues for the flexibility of the migration novel as a genre. African Migration and the Novel traces migratory routes such as Nigeria to London and Belgium, Congo to Paris, Ethiopia to Washington, DC, and internal migration resulting from environmental destruction in Sierra Leone, while paying deep attention to the historical and political conditions described in the novels. The subjectivities and livelihoods of immigrants, refugees, those living in exile, and asylum seekers are all represented in the migration novels under discussion. Ultimately, this work demonstrates the promise of the African migration novel to awaken a sense of justice in the reader.
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Taylor brings to readers a complex, thoughtful, and innovative scholarly study of African migration fiction. He expands the concept of "the migratory imagination" in his stellar introduction by pairing it with what he terms "theory on the move". Recommended for undergraduates through faculty.-- "CHOICE"
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.02 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 218
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: African
Series Title: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: Jack Taylor
Language: English
Street Date: April 23, 2024
TCIN: 1002216199
UPC: 9781648250910
Item Number (DPCI): 247-32-2014
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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