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9780203886496

Neo-Imperialism in Children's Literature About Africa : A Study of Contemporary Fiction

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  • ISBN13:

    9780203886496

  • ISBN10:

    0203886496

  • Copyright: 2008-11-19
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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In this book, the authors 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.

Table of Contents

"Darkest Africa": A Constant Component in the Mis-education of Children
Book Prizes: How "Honors" Can Reward Racial/Cultural Biases
Feminism in Africa: Complexities and Activism
Anti-African Themes in "Liberal" Young Adult Novels
White Supremacy in Isabel Allende's Forest of the Pygmies
Eurocentric Feminism in African Settings
Recycling Apartheid for the Twenty-First Century
Putting Africans on Exhibit: "Ella's Dunes" and a "Bushman" Theme Park
Using AIDS to Stereotype Africans
When the West Talks to Itself: Ethnocentricity in Nancy Famer's "African" Novels
Credibility and Grace in Three Prize-Winning Books
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