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Land, Freedom and Fiction: History and Ideology in Kenya
David Maughan-Brown
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Description for Land, Freedom and Fiction: History and Ideology in Kenya
Paperback. A thought-provoking exploration of the Mau Mau uprising and its place in the literature and identity of Kenya. Series: African History Archive. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJPG; DSBH5; HBTQ; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
This now classic work examines the contrasting ways in which the Mau Mau struggle for land and independence in Kenya was mirrored, and usually distorted, by successive generations of English and white Kenyan authors, as well as by indigenous Kenyan novelists. Against the turbulent background of the Mau Mau Uprising, Dr Maughan-Brown explores the relationship between history, literary creation and the myths that societies cultivate. Spanning the breadth of colonial and post-colonial African literature, his subjects range from the colonialist authors Robert Ruark and Elspeth Huxley to the post-independence novels of Meja Mwangi and Ngugi wa Thiong'o. ... Read more
This now classic work examines the contrasting ways in which the Mau Mau struggle for land and independence in Kenya was mirrored, and usually distorted, by successive generations of English and white Kenyan authors, as well as by indigenous Kenyan novelists. Against the turbulent background of the Mau Mau Uprising, Dr Maughan-Brown explores the relationship between history, literary creation and the myths that societies cultivate. Spanning the breadth of colonial and post-colonial African literature, his subjects range from the colonialist authors Robert Ruark and Elspeth Huxley to the post-independence novels of Meja Mwangi and Ngugi wa Thiong'o. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
African History Archive
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786990143
SKU
V9781786990143
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About David Maughan-Brown
Professor David Maughan-Brown is the former Deputy Vice Chancellor of York St John University. Brought up in East Africa and educated in South Africa, he previously lectured in the Department of English at the University of Natal
Reviews for Land, Freedom and Fiction: History and Ideology in Kenya
`A book extraordinarily attuned to the impress of history, politics and ideology upon literature... This, in other words, is a major study, the kind that lasts.' Stephen Clingman, from the Foreword