Imagined states : law and literature in Nigeria, 1900-1966 / Katherine Isobel Baxter.
2019
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Title
Imagined states : law and literature in Nigeria, 1900-1966 / Katherine Isobel Baxter.
Imprint
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
Copyright
©2019
Description
viii, 205 pages ; 24 cm.
Series
Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: Literature, Imagination and the State of Exception
1. 'Natural Justice, Equity and Good Conscience' : History, Politics and Law in Nigeria, 1900-1966
2. 'I Am the Law' : District Commissioner Fiction and the State of Exception
3. 'Seeking a Legal Form' : Joyce Cary's Mister Johnson
4. 'Beast of No Nation' : Bribery, Corruption and Late Colonial Administration in No Longer at Ease
5. 'Written in the Interest of the People' : Representing the Law in Cyprian Ekwensi and Market Literature
6. 'Sensational Coverage of a Sensational Trial' : Treason, Journalism and the State
7. Violence and the Law in A Man of the People
1. 'Natural Justice, Equity and Good Conscience' : History, Politics and Law in Nigeria, 1900-1966
2. 'I Am the Law' : District Commissioner Fiction and the State of Exception
3. 'Seeking a Legal Form' : Joyce Cary's Mister Johnson
4. 'Beast of No Nation' : Bribery, Corruption and Late Colonial Administration in No Longer at Ease
5. 'Written in the Interest of the People' : Representing the Law in Cyprian Ekwensi and Market Literature
6. 'Sensational Coverage of a Sensational Trial' : Treason, Journalism and the State
7. Violence and the Law in A Man of the People
Summary
Examines representations of the law in colonial and postcolonial fiction from and about Nigeria. Imagined States examines representations of the law in British and Nigerian high-brow, middle-brow and popular fiction and journalism. Drawing on a rich range of examples, the book focuses on the imaginative role that the state of exception played in the application of indirect rule during British colonialism and in the legal machinations of the postcolonial state. It reads works by Chinua Achebe, Joyce Cary, Cyprian Ekwensi and Edgar Wallace, together with a range of Nigerian market literature and journalism.
Note
Examines representations of the law in colonial and postcolonial fiction from and about Nigeria. Imagined States examines representations of the law in British and Nigerian high-brow, middle-brow and popular fiction and journalism. Drawing on a rich range of examples, the book focuses on the imaginative role that the state of exception played in the application of indirect rule during British colonialism and in the legal machinations of the postcolonial state. It reads works by Chinua Achebe, Joyce Cary, Cyprian Ekwensi and Edgar Wallace, together with a range of Nigerian market literature and journalism.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index.
Available Note
Also available in electronic format.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Baxter, Katherine Isobel. Imagined states. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
Call Number
PR9387 .B39 2019
Language
English
ISBN
9781474420839 hardcover
9781474420846 webready PDF
9781474420853 epub
1474420842 webready PDF
1474420850 epub
1474420834
9781474420846 webready PDF
9781474420853 epub
1474420842 webready PDF
1474420850 epub
1474420834
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