Whose Nation? Romanticizing the Vision of a Nation in Bole Butake's Betrothal without Libation and Family Saga
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9250471 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Joseph Odhiambo (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-172 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in African Literatures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-5210 • E-ISSN: 1527-2044 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/ral.2009.40.2.159 |
| OpenAlex | W2066077124 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
This paper reflects on the project of the nation and nation-ness in postcolonial Africa with specific attention to the two plays by the anglophone Cameroonian playwright Bole Butake. The paper argues that in Butake’s dramatic imaginary, the project of the nation and nation-ness are highly romanticized. The paper locates its argument in Butake’s two play-texts: Betrothal without Libation (2005) and Family Saga (2005)
Argument (complex analysis · Genealogy · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · The Imaginary · African history and culture studies · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Gender Studies · History · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Psychology
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The Reunification Question in Cameroon History
Imagined Communities. Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |