Literature & literary studies:

Imagined States

Law and Literature in Nigeria
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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.

Author Biography:

Katherine Isobel Baxter is Reader in English Literature in the Department of Humanities at Northumbria University.
Release date Australia
November 30th, 2019
Pages
208
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
ISBN-13
9781474420839
Product ID
29769755

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