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Legal Oppositional Narrative: A Case Study in Cameroon

Legal Oppositional Narrative: A Case Study in Cameroon

Hardcover

Literary CriticismFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 0739113186
ISBN13: 9780739113189
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Mar 1 2008
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.41 Depth: 9.04
Language: English

This book examines the possibilities of opposition to government-supported, dominant social orders through legal writing using post-Independence (1960-61) Cameroon as its example. 'Legal writing' in this case encompasses traditional fictional works such as novels, plays, and short stories that deal with legal themes, settings, and language, but also works that are less-often considered as traditional narratives such as legal case decisions, textbooks, and articles. An investigation of such Cameroonian texts demonstrates the potential uses and effectiveness of oppositional narrative, as defined by such authors as Ross Chambers and Michel de Certeau, within postcolonial legal systems in order to influence a different reading of the legal and social order.

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