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Nihilism and negritude : ways of living in Africa /
The objective of this collection of short essays and true stories is to describe and analyze the present "black condition" in the African context. The book recreates the imaginaries of present-day Africa, from the picturesque absurdity of daily life to the political economics of marriage,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England :
Harvard University Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The objective of this collection of short essays and true stories is to describe and analyze the present "black condition" in the African context. The book recreates the imaginaries of present-day Africa, from the picturesque absurdity of daily life to the political economics of marriage, from the philosophy of menus and table manners to the uses of the body. This welter of stories and ideas illustrates various forms of nihilism and negritude and sketches the hypothesis of an ethic of evil.-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (226 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674972568 0674972562 0674972589 9780674972582 |