Clara A B Joseph
Biographic Data
| ID | 210928 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clara A B Joseph |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clara A B |
| FAMILY NAME | Joseph |
| SIGNATURE | JOSEPH C A B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2982-1956 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Remembering Chelva
Mahatma Gandhi and Emmanuel Levinas
Language in contact and literatures in conflict
When readers fail to relate to the cultural context of writers, gross misunderstanding results. When professional readers whose first language is English fail to enter the discourse of professional literary writers or authors who are bi- or multi-lingual and use English for literary creativity, blame is laid on the writers’‘poor’ linguistic competence. By focusing on a specific instance of the reactions of two eminent Canadian scholars to Rohinto…
Nation Because of Differences
In arguing for an English "national" literature in Nigeria, Chinua Achebe says, "Those who in talking about African literature want to exclude North Africa because it belongs to a different tradition surely do not suggest that Black Africa is anything like homogenous" (56). On the one hand the nation is defined as a unifying entity (Bhabha 19; Debray 51), and yet the various representations of the nation reveal division and disruption at strategi…
Conversations
Mahatma Gandhi and Emmanuel Levinas
Nation Because of Differences
In arguing for an English "national" literature in Nigeria, Chinua Achebe says, "Those who in talking about African literature want to exclude North Africa because it belongs to a different tradition surely do not suggest that Black Africa is anything like homogenous" (56). On the one hand the nation is defined as a unifying entity (Bhabha 19; Debray 51), and yet the various representations of the nation reveal division and disruption at strategi…
Conversations
Nation Because of Differences
In arguing for an English "national" literature in Nigeria, Chinua Achebe says, "Those who in talking about African literature want to exclude North Africa because it belongs to a different tradition surely do not suggest that Black Africa is anything like homogenous" (56). On the one hand the nation is defined as a unifying entity (Bhabha 19; Debray 51), and yet the various representations of the nation reveal division and disruption at strategi…
Language in contact and literatures in conflict
When readers fail to relate to the cultural context of writers, gross misunderstanding results. When professional readers whose first language is English fail to enter the discourse of professional literary writers or authors who are bi- or multi-lingual and use English for literary creativity, blame is laid on the writers’‘poor’ linguistic competence. By focusing on a specific instance of the reactions of two eminent Canadian scholars to Rohinto…
Mahatma Gandhi and Emmanuel Levinas
Remembering Chelva
Philosophy (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African history and culture analysis (1 works) · Blame (1 works)