| Visions and Revisions: Essays on African Literatures and Criticism Contributor(s): Prof Oyekan Owomoyela (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820414719 ISBN-13: 9780820414713 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $53.15 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama - Foreign Language Study | Miscellaneous - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 809.889 |
| LCCN: 91-6763 |
| Series: American University Studies |
| Physical Information: 239 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book addresses some of the major issues around which debate has swirled and still swirls in African literatures and criticism. It discusses the role of non-African critics and their sometimes problematic relationships with African writers, while also examining the attitudes of African writers themselves towards their societies. It questions some of the assumptions that have been made about the origin and development of theater on the continent, and its relationship to African traditions. It also focuses on the applicability of certain Western ideas in African contexts. |