Oumar Chérif Diop

Silence and Silencing in Selected African Novels

Power Dynamics and Transformative Voices

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines how African writers deconstruct normative discourses and use aesthetic forms and narrative techniques to confront silencing systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 403g
• ISBN-13: 9781666918465
• ISBN-10: 1666918466
• Artikelnr.: 74674800

Autorenporträt

Oumar Chérif Diop is professor in the English department at Kennesaw State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Navigating Silencing Systems
2. Silence, Sacrifice, and Solidarity
3. Silence, Racism and Resistance
4. Tearing the Shroud of Silence in an Atmos Fear
5. Silence and the Dictator Novel
6. The Loss of Tongues: Trauma and Silence
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Author