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1023048
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b777418
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Quayson, Ato.
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| Title & Author
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Calibrations : : reading for the social /\ Ato Quayson.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, ©2003.
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Public worlds ;; v. 12
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1 online resource (xl, 179 pages)
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| ISBN
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081669303X
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: 9780816693030
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081663839X
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0816638403
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9780816638390
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9780816638406
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-174) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Literature, anthropology, and history in Ghosh's In an antique land -- 2. Social imaginaries in transition: culture heroism and the genres of everyday life -- 3. African postcolonial relations through a prism of tragedy -- 4. Symbolization compulsions: Freud, African literature, and South Africa's process of truth and reconciliation -- 5. Disability and contingency -- 6. Literature and the parables of time.
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| Abstract
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Ato Quayson uses a method of reading he calls calibrations: a reading of literature with what lies beyond it as a way of understanding structures of transformation, process, and contradiction that inform both literature and society. He surveys texts ranging from Bob Marley lyrics, Toni Morrisons work, Walter Benjamins Theses on the Philosophy of History, and Althussers reflections on political economy.
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African literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
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Marxist criticism.
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Mimesis in literature.
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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African literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Semiotics Theory.
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Marxist criticism.
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Mimesis in literature.
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Literary.
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Calibratie.
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Close reading.
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Letterkunde.
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Postkolonialisme.
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| Dewey Classification
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809/.896
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| LC Classification
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PN849.A35Q38 2003eb
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