Parables and Fables: Exegesis, Textuality, and Politics in Central Africa

Mudimbe, V.Y.

ISBN 10: 0299130649 / ISBN 13: 9780299130640

Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press, 1991

Confronts the philosophical problems of otherness and identity through readings of the parables and fables of a colonized people, the Luba of Zaire. The author uses his own education by Catholic missionaries in Zaire to explore interactions between African and Western systems of thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; HPD; HRA; JFC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358. . 1991. 0th Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9780299130640

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Winner of the 2014 Brittingham Prize in Poetry, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye
The word tyrant carries negative connotations, but in this new collection, Joanne Diaz tries to understand what makes tyranny so compelling, even seductive. These dynamic, funny, often poignant poems investigate the nature of tyranny in all of its forms political, cultural, familial, and erotic. Poems about Stalin, Lenin, and Castro appear beside poems about deeply personal histories. The result is a powerful exploration of desire, grief, and loss in a world where private relationships are always illuminated and informed by larger, more despotic forces.
Winner, Midwest Book Award for Poetry, Midwest Independent Publishers Association"

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

V. Y. Mudimbe is the Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of Romance Studies and professor of comparative literature at Duke University. He is also maître de conferences at the École Pratique des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris and has lectured at universities throughout Africa, Europe, and North America. Among his many works of philosophy, philology, sociology, fiction, and poetry is The Invention of Africa, cowinner of the 1989 Herskovitz Prize for African Studies. He was awarded the 1977 Senghor Grand Prize for literature in the French language, and two of his novels are available in English translation: Before the Birth of the Moon and Between Tides.

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Titel: Parables and Fables: Exegesis, Textuality, ...
Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1991
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New