Shaken Wisdom: Irony and Meaning in Postcolonial African Fiction

by Gloria Nne Onyeoziri

In her focus on irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction, Gloria Nne Onyeoziri refers to an internal subversion of the discourse of the wise and the powerful, a practice that has played multiple roles in the circulation of knowledge, authority, and opinion within African communities; in the interpretation of colonial and postcolonial experience; and in the ongoing resistance to tyrannies in African societies. But irony is always reversible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813931878
• ISBN13: 9780813931876
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"