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Lusophone African Short Stories and Poetry After Independence

Lusophone African Short Stories and Poetry After Independence Decolonial Destinies - Anthem Studies in Race, Power and Society

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Publisher's Synopsis

In 1975, after much resistance, Portugal became the last colonial power to relinquish its colonies on the African continent. The tardiness of Portuguese decolonization in Africa (Cabo Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, São Tomé e Prìncipe) raises critical questions for the emergence of national literary and cultural production in the wake of national independence. Bringing together the works of poets, short story writers, and journalists, this book charts the emergence and evolution of the national literatures of Portugal's former African colonies, from 1975 to the present. The aim of this book is to examine the ways in which writers contended with the process of decolonization, forging national, transnational, and diasporic identities through literature while grappling with the legacies and continuities of racial power structures, colonial systems of representation, and the struggles for political sovereignty and social justice. This book will be the first of its kind in English to include canonical, emerging, and previously untranslated authors of poetry and short-form fiction to a new public.

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Anthem Press

Anthem Press is a distinguished independent publishing house with a strong international focus, pioneering a distinctive approach to the publishing of innovative academic research, educational material and reference works in established and emerging fields. Our titles are published simultaneously in print and ebook editions across the humanities and social sciences and are subject to peer review by recognized authorities in the field.We relish our individuality and the breadth of our interests - being entirely independent, we are free to pursue our ideas and inspirations we shall continue to build on our reputation for scholarship, innovative publishing and the very highest standards of book production.

Book information

ISBN: 9781785276194
Publisher: Anthem Press
Imprint: Anthem Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 869.1
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 286
Weight: 582g
Height: 159mm
Width: 236mm
Spine width: 26mm