Autobiography and Decolonization
Autobiography and Decolonization2008
About this book
Autobiography and Decolonization is the first book to give serious academic attention to autobiographies of nationalist leaders in the process of decolonization, attending to them not simply as partial historical documents, but as texts involved in remaking the world views of their readers. Holden examines the autobiographies of: -Mohandas K. Gandhi -Marcus Garvey -Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford -Lee Kuan Yew -Nelson Mandela -Jawaharlal Nehru -and Kwame Nkrumah
Details
- First published
- 2008
- OL Work ID
- OL3170518W
Subjects
AutobiographyPolitical aspectsHeads of stateBiographyDecolonization in literaturePostcolonialism in literaturePostcolonialismLiterary criticism - general & miscellaneousPolitics & literatureSociety & culture in literatureLiterary theory - major schoolsGeneral & miscellaneous political biography