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Neo-Imperialism in Children's Literature About Africa
- A Study of Contemporary Fiction
Engelsk
Bogcover for Neo-Imperialism in Children's Literature About Africa af Yulisa Amadu Maddy, Donnarae MacCann, 9780415809092
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
190
ISBN-13:
9780415809092
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0415809096
Udg. Dato:
15 aug 2011
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,2
Oplagsdato:
15 aug 2011

Neo-Imperialism in Children's Literature About Africa

- A Study of Contemporary Fiction
Engelsk
Paperback 2011
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In the spirit of their last collaboration, Apartheid and Racism in South African Children''s Literature, 1985-1995, Yulisa Amadu Maddy and Donnarae MacCann once again come together to expose the neo-imperialist overtones of contemporary children''s fiction about Africa. Examining the portrayal of African social customs, religious philosophies, and political structures in fiction for young people, Maddy and MacCann reveal the Western biases that often infuse stories by well-known Western authors.

In the book''s introductory section, Maddy and MacCann offer historical information concerning Western notions of Africa as "primitive," and then present background information about the complexity of feminism in Africa and about the ongoing institutionalization of racism. The main body of the study contains critiques of the novels or short stories of eleven well-known writers, including Isabel Allende and Nancy Farmer--all demonstrating that children''s literature continues to mis-represent conditions and social relations in Africa. The study concludes with a look at those short stories of Beverley Naidoo which bring insight and historical accuracy to South African conflicts and emerging solutions. Educators, literature professors, publishers, professors of Diaspora and African studies, and students of the mass media will find Maddy and MacCann’s critique of racism in the representation of Africa to be indispensible to students of multicultural literature.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
190
ISBN-13:
9780415809092
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0415809096
Udg. Dato:
15 aug 2011
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,2
Oplagsdato:
15 aug 2011
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