The Infinite Longing for Home: Desire and the Nation in Selected Writings of Ben Okri and K.S. Maniam - Couverture rigide

Lim, David C.l.

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ISBN 10 : 9042016779 ISBN 13 : 9789042016774

Editeur : Editions Rodopi B.V., 2005

Synopsis

The Infinite Longing for Home is a groundbreaking study of Ben Okri's and K.S. Maniam's literary problematization of 'home' in relation to subjectivity and the nation within and beyond the context of Nigeria and Malaysia. Drawing on Lacan, Zizek, Laclau and Mouffe, and weaving through history, politics, philosophy and literature, this book critically examines the motives and means by which peoples forced to live together in a country love and hate each other, and overlook the truths about themselves, their actions and beliefs. It looks into why some embrace heterogeneity and open-endedness while others are internally compelled to over-identify passionately with their religion and race, and to posit theirs as irreducibly distinct from and superior to others'. The Infinite Longing for Home also traces through Okri's and Maniam's writings a way out of today's political aporia, a path to the re-creation of a new society humbled and unified by the recognition of its participation in flawed humanity.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

DAVID C.L. LIM is Lecturer in English at Open University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. His research and writing focus on postcolonial fiction, popular culture, and the discourse on ethics, alterity and freedom in Southeast Asian literatures.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Editions Rodopi B.V.
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9042016779
• ISBN 13: 9789042016774
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 249
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible