Fictional and Street Narratives

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" Fictional and Street Narratives "
DOROTHY ODARTEY–WELLINGTON

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1076685
Doc. No	:	LA120314
Call No	:	‭10.1163/18757421-90000400‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	DOROTHY ODARTEY–WELLINGTON
Title & Author	:	Fictional and Street Narratives [Article]\ DOROTHY ODARTEY–WELLINGTON
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Matatu
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	47/1
Page No	:	153–174
Abstract	:	Contemporary African fiction is a source of dystopian urban images juxtaposed with the kinds of ‘good cities’ to which the wielders of political or economic power subscribe. This article examines the dominant representations of the ‘good city’ and how they are contested or subverted from various narrative perspectives. It focuses on inscriptions of the city in fictional narratives and on inscriptions such as street signs and place names found in cities in order to explore the tensions and the contradictions in images of urban experience in Africa.
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	Comparative Studies World Literature
Descriptor	:	Criticism Theory
Descriptor	:	Cultural History
Descriptor	:	Literature Culture
Descriptor	:	Literature and Cultural Studies
Descriptor	:	Postcolonial Literature Culture
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/18757421-90000400‬