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Strife

Strife is a rich and densely written novel that provides a dark expos? of the tension between modernity and tradition, and deep insights into culture in Zimbabwe in the 21st century. Chinodya explores the powerful draw that conflicting ideologies exercise over an emerging middle-class that at once y...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Chinodya, Shimmer (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford : Weaver Press, 2006.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Strife is a rich and densely written novel that provides a dark expos? of the tension between modernity and tradition, and deep insights into culture in Zimbabwe in the 21st century. Chinodya explores the powerful draw that conflicting ideologies exercise over an emerging middle-class that at once yearns for autonomy and unconsciously desires the irresponsibility of an all-pervading destiny. Tracing the Gwanagara?s roots back over a century, Chinodya interweaves past and the present, juxtaposing incidents never forgotten or resolved, revealing how memory becomes an actor in lived time. A large.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (236 pages).
ISBN:9781779221254