Dictators, Dictatorship and the African Novel: Fictions of the State Under Neoliberalism

by Robert Spencer

Book Overview

This book examines the representation of dictators and dictatorships in African fiction. It examines how the texts clarify the origins of postcolonial dictatorships and explore the shape of the democratic-egalitarian alternatives. The first chapter explains the 'neoliberal' period after the 1970s as an effective 'recolonization' of Africa by Western states and international financial institutions. Dictatorship is theorised as a form of concentrated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030665550
• ISBN13: 9783030665555
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"