African modernity and the philosophy of culture in the works of Femi Euba /

This book examines the creative and critical works of Nigerian playwright and novelist Femi Euba to demonstrate the place and function of African cultures in modernity. The author makes the case for the vibrancy of such cultures in the shaping and constitution of the modern world.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Osagie, Iyunolu Folayan, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2017.
Colección:Black diasporic worlds: origins and evolutions from new world slaving
Temas:
Euba, Femi > Criticism and interpretation.
Euba, Femi
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Literature
Africa > In literature.
Afrique > Dans la littérature.
Africa
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; Chapter One: Archetypes of Modernity; Chapter Two: Tradition, Modernity, and the Axiological Present in The Gulf and The Eye of Gabriel; Chapter Three: Black Theatre and the Politics of Adaptation in Dionysus of the Holocaust; Chapter Four: Who Pulled the Trigger? Ritual Endings in Femi Euba's A Riddle of the Palms, Crocodiles, and The Chameleon; Chapter Five: Esu as Shape Shifting Word; Afterword; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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