Singular Performances: Reinscribing the Subject in Francophone African Writing

by Michael Syrotinski

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Francophone African writing is often concerned with questions of subjectivity and narrative agency, and it is this focus Michael Syrotinski takes as his point of departure in Singular Performances . Using the work of V. Y. Mudimbe as a major theoretical reference, Syrotinski sets up a number of original dialogues between francophone African literature, African philosophy, literary theory, postcolonial studies, cinema, cultural studies, and history...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813921457

ISBN13:9780813921457

Release Date:November 2002

Publisher:University of Virginia Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.77 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 9.5" x 7.9"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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