Imagined states : law and literature in Nigeria, 1900-1966 /
Examines representations of the law in colonial and postcolonial fiction from and about Nigeria Imagined States examines representations of the law in British and Nigerian high-brow, middle-brow and popular fiction and journalism. Drawing on a rich range of examples, the book focuses on the imaginat...
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| التنسيق: | Licensed eBooks |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2019]
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| سلاسل: | Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities.
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctvss3x7m |
| الملخص: | Examines representations of the law in colonial and postcolonial fiction from and about Nigeria Imagined States examines representations of the law in British and Nigerian high-brow, middle-brow and popular fiction and journalism. Drawing on a rich range of examples, the book focuses on the imaginative role that the state of exception played in the application of indirect rule during British colonialism and in the legal machinations of the postcolonial state. It reads works by Chinua Achebe, Joyce Cary, Cyprian Ekwensi and Edgar Wallace, together with a range of Nigerian market literature and journalism. |
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| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (viii, 205 pages) |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ردمك: | 9781474420846 1474420842 9781474476478 1474476473 1474420834 9781474420839 9781474420853 |