Outputs (21)

Time as Myth, Time as History in Afrophone Novels on Ujamaa (Tanzanian Socialism) and the Second Chimurenga/Umvukela (Zimbabwean Liberation War) (2016)
Journal Article
Rettová, A. (2016). Time as Myth, Time as History in Afrophone Novels on Ujamaa (Tanzanian Socialism) and the Second Chimurenga/Umvukela (Zimbabwean Liberation War). Comparative Literature, 68(4), 389-407. https://doi.org/10.1215/00104124-3698477

A central discussion in African Philosophy concerns the “African concept of time,” famously theorized by John S. Mbiti. Mbiti makes a distinction between a circular and a linear concept of time, associating the former with Africa and the latter with... Read More about Time as Myth, Time as History in Afrophone Novels on Ujamaa (Tanzanian Socialism) and the Second Chimurenga/Umvukela (Zimbabwean Liberation War).

Novel in African Languages (2016)
Book Chapter
Rettová, A. (2016). Novel in African Languages. In S. Gikandi (Ed.), Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume 11 - The Novel in Africa and the Caribbean since 1950 (71-86). Oxford University Press

戰後初期 (1945-68年)臺灣小學地理知識傳授中的家國想像 (2016)
Book Chapter
Chang, B.-Y. (2016). 戰後初期 (1945-68年)臺灣小學地理知識傳授中的家國想像. In C.-L. Mei, & P.-Y. Lin (Eds.), 交界與游移：跨文史的文化傳譯與知識生產 [Cross-border and Migration: Cultural Translation and Knowledge Production] (335-366). Rye Field 麥田

¿Empoderamiento y sumisión a Dios? La acción pía en las nuevas musulmanas del siglo XXI (2016)
Journal Article
Goikolea-Amiano, I. (2016). ¿Empoderamiento y sumisión a Dios? La acción pía en las nuevas musulmanas del siglo XXI. Feminismo/s (San Vicente del Raspeig), 191-211. https://doi.org/10.14198/fem.2016.28.08

La ‘agencia’ o la capacidad de decisión y acción ha constituido un tema central en el seno de los estudios y el activismo feminista. Tomando como punto de partida la propuesta de Saba Mahmood este artículo tiene como objetivo, por un lado, mostrar la... Read More about ¿Empoderamiento y sumisión a Dios? La acción pía en las nuevas musulmanas del siglo XXI.

Writing in the Swing? Neo-Realism in Post-Experimental Swahili fiction (2016)
Journal Article
Rettová, A. (2016). Writing in the Swing? Neo-Realism in Post-Experimental Swahili fiction. Research in African literatures, 47(3), 15-31. https://doi.org/10.2979/reseafrilite.47.3.02

This article traces the history of the Swahili novel in its development from realism to experimental prose, and following the experimental phase back to realism in the recent works of some of the former literary experimentators. This trend is called... Read More about Writing in the Swing? Neo-Realism in Post-Experimental Swahili fiction.

Comparative Literature and the Position of the Critic (2016)
Book Chapter
Rettová, A. (2016). Comparative Literature and the Position of the Critic. In L. Loveday, & E. Parpală (Eds.), Ways of Being in Cultural and Literary Spaces (206-217). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Ben’s fairy tales: how The Storyteller sheds new light on Walter Benjamin’s philosophy (2016)
Journal Article
Yeung, J. S.-Y. (in press). Ben’s fairy tales: how The Storyteller sheds new light on Walter Benjamin’s philosophy

From Mimesis to Mize. Philosophical Implications of Departures from Literary Realism (2016)
Book Chapter
Rettová, A. (2016). From Mimesis to Mize. Philosophical Implications of Departures from Literary Realism. In C. Vierke, & K. Greven (Eds.), Dunia Yao. Utopia/Dystopia in Swahili Fiction (113-146). Rüdiger Köppe Verlag

Borderland Historiography in Pakistan (2016)
Journal Article
Caron, J. (in press). Borderland Historiography in Pakistan. South Asian History and Culture, 7(4), 327-345. https://doi.org/10.1080/19472498.2016.1223716

In this article I survey historical writing related to the twentieth-century Afghan-Pakistan frontier, particularly Pashtun-majority locations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: the former Northwest Frontier Province. I focus on works that help conceptualize his... Read More about Borderland Historiography in Pakistan.

The humanism of reconstruction: African intellectuals, decolonial critical theory and the opposition to the ‘posts’ (postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism) (2016)
Journal Article
Marzagora, S. (in press). The humanism of reconstruction: African intellectuals, decolonial critical theory and the opposition to the ‘posts’ (postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism). Journal of African Cultural Studies, 28(2), 161-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2016.1152462

This article traces the mixed fortunes of what intellectuals like Paul Tiyambe Zeleza refer to as the ‘posts’ (poststructuralism, postmodernism and postcolonialism) in African studies. It documents the historical processes and intellectual developmen... Read More about The humanism of reconstruction: African intellectuals, decolonial critical theory and the opposition to the ‘posts’ (postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism).

African philosophy as a radical critique [Editorial for Special Issue on African Philosophy] (2016)
Journal Article
Rettová, A. (2016). African philosophy as a radical critique [Editorial for Special Issue on African Philosophy]. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 28(2), 127-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2016.1159123

Journal of African Cultural Studies. Special issue on African Philosophy. (2016)
Other
(2016). Journal of African Cultural Studies. Special issue on African Philosophy. London

Sufism and Liberation across the Indo-Afghan Border: 1880-1928 (2016)
Journal Article
Caron, J. Sufism and Liberation across the Indo-Afghan Border: 1880-1928. South Asian History and Culture, 7(2), 135-154. https://doi.org/10.1080/19472498.2016.1143667

How do we understand links between sufism and pro-egalitarian revolutionary activism in the early twentieth century; and how did upland compositions of self and community help constitute revolutionary activism in South Asia more broadly? Using Pashto... Read More about Sufism and Liberation across the Indo-Afghan Border: 1880-1928.

Popular Culture, Radical Egalitarianism, and Formations of Muslim Selfhood in South Asia (2016)
Journal Article
Caron, J., & Dasgupta, A. Popular Culture, Radical Egalitarianism, and Formations of Muslim Selfhood in South Asia. South Asian History and Culture, 7(2), 107-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/19472498.2016.1143666

In early twentieth century leftist politics on the geographical fringes of South Asia, Islam played a major role. Were activists in these movements leftist despite their understandings of Islam, or because of them? This essay introduces the project r... Read More about Popular Culture, Radical Egalitarianism, and Formations of Muslim Selfhood in South Asia.

Sheng: The Expanding Domains of an Urban Vernacular (2016)
Journal Article
Githiora, C. Sheng: The Expanding Domains of an Urban Vernacular. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 30(2), 105-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2015.1117962

Contemporary African multilingualism is changing the languages and identities of urban communities. Sheng is a non-standard form of Kenyan Swahili closely associated with Nairobi’s urban youth, and it continues to evolve. Sheng involves much code-mix... Read More about Sheng: The Expanding Domains of an Urban Vernacular.

Creaturely encounters: animals in the Libyan literary imaginary (2016)
Thesis
Olszok, C. Creaturely encounters: animals in the Libyan literary imaginary. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Alterity, coloniality and modernity in Ethiopian political thought : the first three generations of 20th century Amharic-language intellectuals / (2016)
Thesis
Marzagora, S. Alterity, coloniality and modernity in Ethiopian political thought : the first three generations of 20th century Amharic-language intellectuals /. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

Literariness and aesthetics in ancient Egyptian literature : towards an Arabic-based critical approach : Jinās as a case study (2016)
Thesis
Rashwan, H. M. A. Literariness and aesthetics in ancient Egyptian literature : towards an Arabic-based critical approach : Jinās as a case study. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Existentialism and Swahili Literature (2016)
Book Chapter
Rettová, A. (2016). Existentialism and Swahili Literature. In R. M. Beck, & K. Kresse (Eds.), Abdilatif Abdalla: Poet in Politics (109-122). Mkuki na Nyota Publishers

Dynamics of belonging in Bidun literature (2016)
Thesis
Alrabei, T. Dynamics of belonging in Bidun literature. (Thesis). SOAS University of London