About the book
2003 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
Combining a sustained critical engagement of Anglo-American theory with focused close-readings of major African writers, this book performs a long-overdue cross-fertilization of ideas among poststructuralism, postcolonial theory, and African literature. The author examines several influential figures in current theory such as Habermas, Althusser, Laclau and Mouffe, as well as the theorists of postcolonialism, and offers an extended reading of the Nigerian writers D.O. Fagunwa, Wole Soyinka, Amos Tutuola, and Chinua Achebe. He argues that contrary to what the purism and voluntarism common to postcolonial theory might suggest, one lesson of African letters is that significant agency can result from acts that are blind to their determinations. For George, African letters offer an instance of \"agency-in-motion,\" as opposed to agency in theory.
Editions of Relocating Agency
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780791455418
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780791455425
- PDF
- ISBN 9780791487761
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2003 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
Combining a sustained critical engagement of Anglo-American theory with focused close-readings of major African writers, this book performs a long-overdue cross-fertilization of ideas among poststructuralism, postcolonial theory, and African literature. The author examines several influential figures in current theory such as Habermas, Althusser, Laclau and Mouffe, as well as the theorists of postcolonialism, and offers an extended reading of the Nigerian writers D.O. Fagunwa, Wole Soyinka, Amos Tutuola, and Chinua Achebe. He argues that contrary to what the purism and voluntarism common to postcolonial theory might suggest, one lesson of African letters is that significant agency can result from acts that are blind to their determinations. For George, African letters offer an instance of \"agency-in-motion,\" as opposed to agency in theory.
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What is Relocating Agency about?
2003 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
Combining a sustained critical engagement of Anglo-American theory with focused close-readings of major African writers, this book performs a long-overdue cross-fertilization of ideas among poststructuralism, postcolonial theory, and African literature. The author examines several influential figures in current theory such as Habermas, Althusser, Laclau and Mouffe, as well as the theorists of postcolonialism, and offers an extended reading of the Nigerian writers D.O. Fagunwa, Wole Soyinka, Amos Tutuola, and Chinua Achebe. He argues that contrary to what the purism and voluntarism common to postcolonial theory might suggest, one lesson of African letters is that significant agency can result from acts that are blind to their determinations. For George, African letters offer an instance of \"agency-in-motion,\" as opposed to agency in theory.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Relocating Agency?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism
Where can I read a sample of Relocating Agency?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780791455418
How long is Relocating Agency and how many pages does it have?
Relocating Agency has 247 page(s)
Is Relocating Agency part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series SUNY series, Explorations in Postcolonial Studies
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Relocating Agency?
Olakunle George
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Relocating Agency is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780791455418) and paperback(ISBN 9780791455425) and pdf(ISBN 9780791487761)
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