Dog Days: An Animal Chronicle

Dog Days: An Animal Chronicle

The cacophony of the marketplace, the bar The Customer Is King, and the chaotic streets also reveal the harshness and violence of the day-to-day experience of Cameroonians, the citizens' fear of the regime (which eats their bodies and turns them into stones), the surreptitious popular protests...

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Veröffentlicht in:African studies review 2007, Vol.50 (2), p.278-280
1. Verfasser: Chiwengo, Ngwarsungu
Format: Review
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Africa
African literature
African studies
Animals
Anthropological analysis
Anthropological research
Cameroon
Chamoiseau, Patrick (1953- )
Dogs
Gaze
Languages, Literature, and the Arts
Nganang, Patrice
Novels
Police
Political conditions
Politics
Rule of law
Story telling
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Zusammenfassung:The cacophony of the marketplace, the bar The Customer Is King, and the chaotic streets also reveal the harshness and violence of the day-to-day experience of Cameroonians, the citizens' fear of the regime (which eats their bodies and turns them into stones), the surreptitious popular protests against the failed leadership of the corrupt Cameroonian government, and ultimate opposition to the regime when young Takou is killed by the police commissioner.
ISSN:0002-0206
1555-2462
DOI:10.1353/arw.2007.0087