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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| Médium: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
[2019]
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| Edice: | Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities.
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| On-line přístup: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctvss3x7m |
| Shrnutí: | 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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| Fyzický popis: | 1 online resource (viii, 205 pages) |
| Bibliografie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474420846 1474420842 9781474476478 1474476473 1474420834 9781474420839 9781474420853 |