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Swahili beyond the boundaries [electronic resource] : literature, language, and identity / Alamin Mazrui.

By: Mazrui, Alamin M.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Research in international studiesAfrica series: no. 85.Publisher: Athens : Ohio University Press, c2007Description: x, 206 p. ; 22 cm.Subject(s): Swahili literature -- History and criticism | Literature and society -- Africa, EastGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 896.392 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction : hybridity reconfigured -- The intercultural heritage of Swahili literature -- Aesthetics of Swahili verse: between the "old" and the "new" -- Religion and the boundaries of Swahili literature -- Translation and the (re)configuration of the Swahili literary space -- Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-194) and index.

Introduction : hybridity reconfigured -- The intercultural heritage of Swahili literature -- Aesthetics of Swahili verse: between the "old" and the "new" -- Religion and the boundaries of Swahili literature -- Translation and the (re)configuration of the Swahili literary space -- Conclusion.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.