Imagined States : : Law and Literature in Nigeria 1900-1966 / / Katherine Isobel Baxter.
Examines representations of the law in colonial and postcolonial fiction from and about NigeriaExamines representations of the law in British and Nigerian high-brow, middle-brow and popular fiction and journalism between 1900 and 1966Draws on rare archives of Nigerian newspaper reports and local gov...
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Baxter, Katherine Isobel, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Imagined States : Law and Literature in Nigeria 1900-1966 / Katherine Isobel Baxter. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] ©2019 1 online resource (216 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Edinburgh Critical Studies in Law, Literature and the Humanities Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 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 -- Conclusion: Imagined States -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Examines representations of the law in colonial and postcolonial fiction from and about NigeriaExamines representations of the law in British and Nigerian high-brow, middle-brow and popular fiction and journalism between 1900 and 1966Draws on rare archives of Nigerian newspaper reports and local government papers from the periodExplores how ethical issues of late colonial and early postcolonial law in Africa were played out in the pages of highly diverse textsDraws on the political philosophy of Agamben, particularly his interpretation of the state of exception and the homo sacer, to illustrate the paradoxes of the colonial and postcolonial legal systems wittingly and unwittingly uncovered by these textsImagined 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. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Law in literature. Nigerian literature (English) History and criticism. Law. LAW / Comparative. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 9783110780420 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474420846?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474420846 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474420846/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 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 -- Conclusion: Imagined States -- Bibliography -- Index |
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