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Imagined states : law and literature in Nigeria, 1900-1966 /

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 imaginat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baxter, Katherine Isobel, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
Colección:Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: literature, imagination and the state of exception
  • 'Natural justice, equity and good conscience': history, politics and law in Nigeria, 1900-1966
  • 'I am the law': district commissioner fiction and the state of exception
  • 'Seeking a legal form': Joyce Cary's Mister Johnson
  • 'Beast of no nation': bribery, corruption and the late colonial administration in no longer at ease
  • 'Written in the interest of the people': representing the law in Cyprian Ekwensi and market literature
  • 'Sensational coverage of a sensational trial': treason, journalism and the state
  • Violence and the law in a man of the people
  • Conclusion: imagined states
  • Bibliography
  • Index.