Scripting shame in African literature /:

This book locates the frequent expressions of shame in sub-Saharan African literature and shows how its diverse literary representations underscore shame's function as a fulcrum in the mutual constitution of subject and community on the continent employing both African and Western conceptions o...

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Main Author: Bishop, Stephen L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2021.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This book locates the frequent expressions of shame in sub-Saharan African literature and shows how its diverse literary representations underscore shame's function as a fulcrum in the mutual constitution of subject and community on the continent employing both African and Western conceptions of the emotion.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 269 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781800345492
1800345496

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