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Of Irony and Empire is a dynamic, thorough examination of Muslim writers from former European colonies in Africa who have increasingly entered into critical conversations with the metropole. Focusing on the period between World War I and the present, "the age of irony," this book explores the political and symbolic invention of Muslim Africa and its often contradictory representations. Through a critical analysis of irony and resistance in works by writers who come from nomadic areas around the Sahara—Mustapha Tlili (Tunisia), Malika Mokeddem (Algeria), Cheikh Hamidou Kane (Senegal), and Tayeb Salih (Sudan)—Laura Rice offers a fresh perspective that accounts for both the influence of the Western, instrumental imaginary, and the Islamic, holistic one.

Acknowledgments

1. Prologue: Of Irony and Empire

2. African Conscripts/European Conflicts: Race, Memory, and the Lessons of War

3. Ambiguous Adventure: Reading Cheikh Hamidou Kane

4. Heimlich un-Heimlich: Of Home as Heterotopia in Salih, Tlili, and Mokeddem

5. Epilogue: The Ends of Irony

Notes
Bibliography
Index

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África

Middle East

Africa

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Publié par	State University of New York Press
Date de parution	01 février 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780791479520
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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Iro Ofny Empire andIslam, the West, and the Transcultural Invention of Africa

Laura Rice

Of Irony and Empire

S U N Y s e r i e s

EXPLORATIONS in POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES

Emmanuel C. Eze and Arif Dirlik, Editors

A complete listing of books in this series can be found at the end of this volume.

O f I ro n y a n d E m p i r e

Islam, the West, and the Transcultural Invention of Africa

L A U R A R I C E

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Chapter 2 is a modified version of the article “African Conscripts/European Conflicts: Race, Memory, and the Lessons of War”Cultural Critique45 (Spring 2000): 109–149. Chapter 2 includes excerpts from Léopold Sedar Senghor’s “Liminary Poem,” “The Enlisted Man’s Despair,” and “To the Senegalese Soldiers Who Died for France” fromThe Collected Poetry of Léopold Sedar Senghorby Melvin Dixon, ed. (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1991). These are reprinted with permission of the University Press of Virginia. Chapter 4 includes segments from “Of Heterotopias and Ethnoscapes: The Production of Space in Postcolonial North Africa”Critical Matrix14 (Fall 2003): 36–75, and from the chapter “The Maghreb of the Mind in Mustapha Tlili, Brick Oussaïd, and Malika Mokeddem” in the collec-tionMaghrebian Mosaic: A Literature in Transition, edited by Mildred Mortimer, pp. 119–150 (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2001).

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Rice, Laura. Of irony and empire : Islam, the West, and the transcultural invention of Africa / Laura Rice. p. cm. — (Suny series, explorations in postcolonial studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7914-7215-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Africa—Intellectual life. 2. Islamic countries—Intellectual life. 3. Africa—Relations— Europe. 4. Europe—Relations—Africa. 5. Imperialism in literature. 6. Irony in literature. 7. Imperialism in literature. 8. War in literature. 9. African literature—20th century—History and criticism. 10. Islamic literature—Africa—History and criticism. I. Title.

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Acknowledgments

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Notes

Bibliography

Index

C o n t e n t s

Prologue: Of Irony and Empire

African Conscripts/European Conflicts: Race, Memory, and the Lessons of War

Ambiguous Adventure: Reading Cheikh Hamidou Kane

Heimlich un-Heimlich:Of Home as Heterotopia in Salih, Tlili, and Mokeddem

Epilogue: The Ends of Irony

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A c k n ow l e d g m e n t s

This book is the fruit of the labor of many people who helped me turn over and plow through the rich soil of irony and transcultural invention on two continents. In both the U.S. and Tunisia, many colleagues offered steadfast support for work in postcolonial studies. Joseph Krause, chair of Foreign Lan-guages and Literatures, and Tracy Daugherty, chair of English, have sup-ported comparative literature through thin times. Tracy read the entire man-uscript of a very early version as did Alan Thomas of University of Chicago Press. Jack Van de Water and Chris Sproul from International Programs vis-ited me in Tunisia to encourage my research, and provided continuous support in more than one way; Lisa Ede, Betty Campbell, Anita Helle, Vicki Tolar Burton, Jennifer Cornell, Tina Carnegie, Marjorie Sandor, and Heidi Bray-man-Hackel shared their critical acumen; Chris Anderson read an early ver-sion of a chapter; Richmond Barbour discussed with me our common inter-est; Rich Daniels and Bob Wess provided political commentary. The late Jim Draper, a dear friend sorely missed, was a model of engaged activism. I acknowledge the financial support from Fulbright and the American Institute for Maghreb Studies (AIMS) to conduct field research in North Africa. Ore-gon State University supported me through various research awards. David Robinson and Wendy Madar at the Center for the Humanities provided a wonderful place to work. In Tunisia, among the many colleagues whose insights have enriched my life, I would like to thank especially Monia and Leila Hejaiej, Khadija Arfaoui and Samira Mechri, as well as Jim Miller, director of the Centre d’études maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT). Many of the ideas that went into shaping this book came not from academia, but from my extended family and friends from southern Tunisia. Their expertise at irony, mastery of Joha stories, and commentary on global politics were invaluable. My own experts of irony, at home with me on both continents, are precious and their insights run throughout this book; it is with love and gratitude that I thank Karim, Rob, and John, my fellow travelers.

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