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Author:
Lassi, Étienne-Marie, author.
Title:
Cohabiter l'espace postcolonial : écologie du roman africain francophone / par Etienne-Marie Lassi.
Publisher:
Brill,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
ix, 197 pages ; 25 cm.
Subject:
1900-2099
African fiction (French)--History and criticism.
African fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
African fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
Human ecology in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.
African fiction
African fiction (French)
Human ecology in literature
Postcolonialism in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"English summary: Cohabiter l'espace postcolonial focuses on the importance of ecological issues in African fiction. The book highlights the complex and diverse strategies deployed in French speaking Africa to incorporate environmental subjects in literary productions. Using ecocriticism, postcolonial and posthumanist theories to analyse a wide variety of novels, it brings to the fore, through the diversity of the issues it addresses, some contextual inflections of the relationship between the human and the non-human. From its discussion of animal otherness, cultural significance of plants, environmental racism, environmental justice, the fragility of the rural world and the survival in urban environments, the book demonstrates how ecological issues translate into socio-cultural and political challenges for local communities in Africa. French summary: Cohabiter l'espace postcolonial s'interroge essentiellement sur les enjeux écologiques dans le roman africain en français. Cet ouvrage met en lumière les stratégies complexes et diverses par lesquelles les questions environnementales s'inscrivent dans la fiction. Recourant à l'écocritique, aux théories postcoloniales et posthumanistes pour analyser un corpus romanesque large et varié, il mène le lecteur, à travers la diversité des problématiques abordés, à la découverte des nuances contextuelles du rapport entre l'humain et le non-humain. De la précarité du monde rural à la survie en milieu urbain et autres écosystèmes hostiles, en passant par l'altérité animale, l'importance du végétal, le racisme environnemental et la justice environnementale, ce livre montre comment, à l'échelle de la localité, les questions écologiques se déclinent en réels défis socioculturels et politiques"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Francopolyphonies ; volume 33
ISBN:
9004543627
9789004543621
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1371749121
LCCN:
2023006443
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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