This book "explores pressing social and political issues such as racial identity, environmental devastation, human trafficking, and political violence through the lens of novels of African migration. [It] details how authors such as Chika Unigwe, Chris Abani, Dinaw Mengestu, In Koli Jean Bofane, Boubacar Boris Diop, and others develop 'the migratory imagination': the creative means mobilized within their novels to expose the reader to contemporary social issues. Drawing on and synthesizing a multitude of theoretical frameworks including ecocriticism, postcolonial theory, genre studies, Black studies, paratextual reading, and political economy, the book argues for the flexibility of the migration novel as a genre"--
- | Author: Jack Taylor
- | Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
- | Publication Date: Apr 23, 2024
- | Number of Pages: 219 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1648250912
- | ISBN-13: 9781648250910
