{"product_id":"shaken-wisdom-gloria-nne-onyeoziri-9780813931869","title":"Shaken Wisdom: Irony and Meaning in Postcolonial African Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her focus on irony and meaning in postcolonial African fiction, Gloria Nne Onyeoziri refers to an internal subversion of the discourse of the wise and the powerful, a practice that has played multiple roles in the circulation of knowledge, authority, and opinion within African communities; in the interpretation of colonial and postcolonial experience; and in the ongoing resistance to tyrannies in African societies. But irony is always reversible and may be used to question the oppressed as well as the oppressor, shaking all presumptions of wisdom. Although the author cites numerous African writers, she selects six works by Chinua Achebe, Ahmadou Kourouma, and Calixthe Beyala for her primary analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Language Initiative\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gloria Nne Onyeoziri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081393186X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813931869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Gloria Nne Onyeoziri","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520297779455,"sku":"9780813931869","price":63.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_549fe62f-9664-4f4a-af01-55f7796433e6.jpg?v=1762884745","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shaken-wisdom-gloria-nne-onyeoziri-9780813931869","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}