African literature, animism and politics / Caroline Rooney.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-240) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 --1 Clandestine Antigones and the pre-post-colonial 31 -- Clandestine Antigones 36 -- Non-belonging: thefamily without origin; the origin withoutfamily 57 -- Fetishism and a politics of the other 75 -- The pre-post-colonial and the abiku 91 -- The question of a regressive hybridity 123 -- The death drive and spirit possession 135 -- Antigone and negotiation 149 --2 From Hegel on Africa towards a reading of African literature 154 -- Hegel on Africa 157 -- The narcissistic aesthetic 186 -- The art of the undeniable 204 -- A walk with A Walk in the Night` 216 --Notes 228 -- Index 241.