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Nation as Grand Narrative

By Wale Adebanwi

Nation as Grand Narrative

By Wale Adebanwi

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Nation as Grand Narrative offers a methodical analysis of how relations of domination and subordination are conveyed through media narratives of nationhood. Using the typical postcolonial state of Nigeria as a template and engaging with theoretical perspectives ranging from media studies, political science, and social theory to historical sociology and hermeneutics, Wale Adebanwi examines how the nation as grand narrative provides a critical interpretive lens through which competition among ethnic, ethnoregional, and ethnoreligious groups can be analyzed. Adebanwi illustrates how meaning is connected to power through ideology in the struggles enacted on the pages of the print media, on diverse issues including federalism, democracy and democratization, religion, majority-minority ethnic relations, space and territoriality, self-determination, and threat of secession. Nation as Grand Narrative will trigger further critical reflections on the articulation of relations of domination in the context of postcolonial grand narratives. Wale Adebanwi is associate professor of African American and African studies, University of California-Davis, and a visiting professor at the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Product details
Number of Pages:
406
Release Date:
2016-05-15
Publication Date:
2016-05-01
Publisher:
University of Rochester Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1580465552
ISBN13:
9781580465557
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
807 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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