Decolonisations of Literature: Critical Practice in Africa and Brazil After 1945

by Stefan Helgesson

An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.

This book sets out to understand how the meaning of 'literature' was transformed in the Global South in the post-1945 era. It looks at institutional contexts in South Africa (mainly Johannesburg), Brazil (S o Paulo), Senegal (Dakar) and Kenya (Nairobi), and engages with critical writing in English, Portuguese and French...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1802070095
• ISBN13: 9781802070095
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"