Vernacular critique, Deleuzo-Guattarian theory and cultural historicism in West African and Southern African literatures

In this thesis I use concepts from Deleuzo-Guattarian theory, combined with a vernacular theoretical understanding, to perform cultural historicist readings of texts that lack clear contextual referents, as I demonstrate with an extended close reading of Amos Tutuola’s problematic classic The Palm-W...

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Main Author: Rooks, Elinor Victoria
Other Authors: Nicholls, Brendon
Published: University of Leeds 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.651235