Re-Reading Tragic Africa Development, Neoliberalism and Contemporary Fiction /

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Autore principale: Rushton, Amy (Autore)
Ente Autore: SpringerLink (Online service)
Riassunto:XI, 195 p.
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Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
Edizione:1st ed. 2024.
Serie:New Comparisons in World Literature,
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Accesso online:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50955-1
Natura: Elettronico Libro
Sommario:
  • 1. Introduction: The Danger of the Single Reading
  • 2. Reading Africa in the Neoliberal World-System
  • 3. The Longer Walk to Freedom: South African Prophecy and Neoliberal Intervention upon ‘Tragic Africa’
  • 4. ‘Africa awaits its creators’: Subverting Development Narratives
  • 5. Back to Utopia: Retrieving the Past to Reclaim the Future
  • 6. Conclusion: Towards a Kind of Paradise.