Proximate Histories by Russell West-Pavlov PAPERBACK 9781041287070

Name: Proximate Histories by Russell West-Pavlov PAPERBACK 9781041287070
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book explores how African fiction offers revolutionary models for understanding temporality and reimagining history in our catastrophe-ridden twenty-first century. Examining eight works from diverse African writers \u2013 ranging from Achebe\u2019s classic Things Fall Apart, via works by Coetzee and Dangarembga, to contemporary novels by Makumbi, Mengiste, Mujila, Owuor and Serpell \u2013 the book demonstrates how these authors eschew linear Eurocentric historicism in favour of bold, immediate confrontations with history in the making and its temporal fabric. Drawing from fiction across Africa, the book proposes a composite theory of \u2018proximate historiographies\u2019 encompassing the entangled, plaited, expansive, interpellative, somatic and kinetic temporalities that emerge from these pathbreaking\n\nProximate Histories\nEntangled Temporalities in Contemporary African Fiction\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Ro;