{"product_id":"of-irony-and-empire-laura-rice-9780791472163","title":"Of Irony and Empire: Islam, the West, and the Transcultural Invention of Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the transformative power of irony in the creation of Muslim Africa.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf Irony and Empire is a dynamic, thorough examination of Muslim writers from former European colonies in Africa who have increasingly entered into critical conversations with the metropole. Focusing on the period between World War I and the present, \"the age of irony,\" this book explores the political and symbolic invention of Muslim Africa and its often contradictory representations. Through a critical analysis of irony and resistance in works by writers who come from nomadic areas around the Sahara-Mustapha Tlili (Tunisia), Malika Mokeddem (Algeria), Cheikh Hamidou Kane (Senegal), and Tayeb Salih (Sudan)-Laura Rice offers a fresh perspective that accounts for both the influence of the Western, instrumental imaginary, and the Islamic, holistic one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Rice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791472167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791472163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.01w x 0.61d","brand":"Laura Rice","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096729755903,"sku":"9780791472163","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/of-irony-and-empire-laura-rice-9780791472163","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}