Of Irony and Empire: Islam, the West, and the Transcultural Invention of Africa
, by Rice, LauraNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780791472163 | 0791472167
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/1/2008
Of Irony and Empire is a dynamic, thorough examination of Muslim writers from former European colonies in Africa who have increasingly entered into critical conversations with the metropole. Focusing on the period between World War I and the present, "the age of irony," this book explores the political and symbolic invention of Muslim Africa and its often contradictory representations. Through a critical analysis of irony and resistance in works by writers who come from nomadic areas around the Sahara - Mustapha Tlili (Tunisia), Malika Mokeddem (Algeria), Cheikh Hamidou Kane (Senegal), and Tayeb Salih (Sudan) - Laura Rice offers a fresh perspective that accounts for both the influence of the Western, instrumental imaginary, and the Islamic, holistic one. Book jacket.