Ngugi wa Thiong’o

Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Resistance

Amitayu Chakraborty

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English

Routledge
13 March 2024

Literary studies: post-colonial literature; Ethnic studies; Sociology; Nationalism

Series: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures

As a part of Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literature, the book explores the complex of ways in which Ngugi wa Thiong’o wrestles with issues of nationalism and ethnicity through his politically subversive and creatively intense literary texts. His novels and plays are fraught with his anxiety, resistance, and defiance concerning Gikuyu ethnicity, Kenyan nationalism, and a curious, globalectic imaginary. In this way, the book re- appreciates Ngugi offering scholarly insights into the present debates over identity politics as well as aesthetics that animate contemporary research in postcolonial studies, world literature, and African studies across the globe.

By: Amitayu Chakraborty
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 1.300kg
ISBN: 9781032254609
ISBN 10: 1032254602
Series: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 13 March 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Section One: Why Ngugi wa Thiong’o (Again!)? Section Two: Conceptualising “Nationalism” and “Ethnicity” Section Three: Nation- Building, Political Tribalism, and Moral Ethnicity in Kenya/Africa Section Four: About the Book 1 The Phase of Anxiety (1950s– 1960s) Section One: Gendered Anxieties in The Black Hermit Section Two: Clitoridectomal Anxieties in The River Between Section Three: Anxieties, Conflicts, and Violence in Weep Not, Child 2 The Phase of Polemics (1960s– 1970s) Section One: Nationalism, Ethnicity, and the Trials of the Unheroic in A Grain of Wheat Section Two: Moral Ethnicity and Marxist Revolution in Petals of Blood Section Three: Marxism and Mythopoeia in The Trial of Dedan Kimathi 3 The Phase of Defiance (1970s onwards) Section One: Subaltern Self- Mastery and Dialogic Resistance in I Will Marry When I Want Section Two: Myth, Ethnicity, and Plurality in Devil on the Cross and Matigari Section Three: Globalectic Defiance in Wizard of the Crow Conclusion The Outcome: A Pursuit of Globalectics

Amitayu Chakraborty works as Assistant Professor of English at Durgapur Women’s College. He did his PhD from Visva- Bharati in 2017. His doctoral dissertation was on Ngugi wa Thiong’o. He has a keen interest in postcolonial studies.