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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/30179| Appears in Collections: | Literature and Languages Journal Articles |
| Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
| Title: | The Space of dictatorship: Monénembo, hidden transcripts, and a metonymy of violence |
| Author(s): | Grayson, Hannah |
| Contact Email: | hannah.grayson@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords: | dictatorship dictators novels African literature sovereignty samba protagonists violence violent crimes benevolence |
| Issue Date: | 10-Oct-2018 |
| Date Deposited: | 1-Aug-2019 |
| Citation: | Grayson H (2018) The Space of dictatorship: Monénembo, hidden transcripts, and a metonymy of violence. Research in African Literatures, 49 (3), pp. 153-177. https://doi.org/10.2979/reseafrilite.49.3.10 |
| Abstract: | This article centers on the representation of dictatorship by Guinean author Tierno Monénembo and aims to elucidate his fictional writing by reading it against recent theories on violence and sovereignty. In line with Nganang's notion of protestas, a metonymic chain of violence emerges in a number of forms: spectacular and subtle, physical and psychological. These constitute what Scott labels a "dramaturgy of domination" (Domination and the Arts of Resistance). Disparity between public and hidden transcripts perpetuates a state of tension but also reveals spaces of dissent. In texts that not only denounce the crimes of Touré's regime, but critique the ongoing injustices enacted in Guinea and elsewhere, Monénembo writes resistance as a commitment to combating this violence, which is characterized by débrouillard practice. His fictional subjects' capacity to move between worlds responds to calls for a wider recasting of African subjectivity. |
| DOI Link: | 10.2979/reseafrilite.49.3.10 |
| Rights: | [Graham-RAL-2018.pdf] This item has been embargoed for a period. During the embargo please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author. You can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study. This article was published as Grayson, H. (2018). The Space of Dictatorship: Monénembo, Hidden Transcripts, and a Metonymy of Violence. Research in African Literatures, 49(3), 153-177. doi:10.2979/reseafrilite.49.3.10. No part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or distributed in any form, by any means, electronic, mechanical, photographic, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Indiana University Press. For education reuse, please contact the Copyright Clearance Center http://www.copyright.com/. For all other permissions, contact IU Press at http://iupress.indiana.edu/rights/. [Metonymy of violence_HGrayson RAL.pdf] Publisher policy allows this work to be made available in this repository. Published in Research in African Literatures, Fall 2018, 49.3, pp. 153-177 by Indiana University Press. The original publication is available at: https://doi.org/10.2979/reseafrilite.49.3.10. This version is not the final published version, but a post-print or working paper. |
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