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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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2019]
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| Sraith: | Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities.
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| Rochtain ar líne: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctvss3x7m |
Clár na nÁbhar:
- Introduction: literature, imagination and the state of exception
- 'Natural justice, equity and good conscience': history, politics and law in Nigeria, 1900-1966
- 'I am the law': district commissioner fiction and the state of exception
- 'Seeking a legal form': Joyce Cary's Mister Johnson
- 'Beast of no nation': bribery, corruption and the late colonial administration in no longer at ease
- 'Written in the interest of the people': representing the law in Cyprian Ekwensi and market literature
- 'Sensational coverage of a sensational trial': treason, journalism and the state
- Violence and the law in a man of the people
- Conclusion: imagined states
- Bibliography
- Index.