The politics of identity and the identity of politics
The self as an agent of redemption in Wole Soyinka'sCamwood on the LeavesandThe Strong Breed
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2172870 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mpalive-Hangson Msiska, Mpalive‐hangson Msiska (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 187-196 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of African Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-6815 • E-ISSN: 1469-9346 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13696810601104916 |
| OpenAlex | W2087347074 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The paper argues that Wole Soyinka's Camwood on the Leaves and The Strong Breed offer us a notion of Self as Agency that is a critique of African tradition, modernity and, above all, the Post-Modernist revalorization of the subject. It is argued that Soyinka proffers a post Post-Structuralism Humanist interrogation as well as reclamation of subjectivity in which Selfhood is conceived of as a site of responsibility and transformation. The study explores the ways in which the two plays depict slightly overlapping, but nevertheless distinct progressions of the subject in its engagement with the hegemonic. It shows how Camwood on the Leaves emphasises counter-identification as the principal means by which the transformative subject disengages from dominant authority and further argues that The Strong Breed goes beyond counter-identification, suggesting the need for the transformative subject's reconstitution of an alternative vision of agency and the world
Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Epistemology · Humanism · Identity (music · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Self · Sociology · Subject (documents · Subjectivity · Transformative learning · Theatre and Performance Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |