Afropolitanism and the novel :

Harris, Ashleigh,

Afropolitanism and the novel : de-realizing Africa / Ashleigh Harris. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: de-realization and the African novel -- Part I: Afropolitanism and literary legitimacy -- De-realizing literary form and style -- Dissociation and Africa in the world -- Part II: De-realization and the aesthetics of irrealism -- Street lives and the limits of hustling -- Detective fictions in submerged and suspended landscapes -- Mutants and contaminants in Afro-futurist irrealism -- Conclusion: Towards a sustainable African literary future.

9780429280337 (ebook)

2019017121


African fiction--History and criticism.
African fiction--21st century.
Street literature--History and criticism.--Africa
Africans in literature.

PR9340.5

823.9200996 / HAR-A