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.
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Yulisa Amadu Maddy is a Sierra Leonean playwright, novelist, and literary critic who has taught at Morgan State University, the University of Iowa, and in Zambia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. His publications include Obasai and Other Plays; the coming-of-age novel No Past, No Present, No Future; and the co-authored African Images in Juvenile Literature: Commentaries on Neocolonialist Fiction (1996) and Apartheid and Racism in South African Children's Literature, 1985-1995 (2001). Donnarae MacCann was the director of the Laboratory School Library at UCLA prior to teaching children's literature at the University of Kansas and Virginia Tech, and African American Studies at the University of Iowa. Her publications include White Supremacy in Children's Literature: Characterizations of African Americans, 1830-1900 (1998, 2001), which won the Children's Literature Association Book Award, and the co-authored works on Africa: African Images in Juvenile Literature and Apartheid and Racism in South African Children's Literature, 1985-1995 (2001).
Inhaltsangabe
Series Editor's Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Background Chapter One: "Darkest Africa": A Persistent Western Fantasy Chapter Two: Feminism in Africa: Complexities and Activism Chapter Three: Institutional Racism Part II: Neo-imperialist Stories, 1994-2008 Chapter Four: Eurocentric Feminism in The Shadows of Ghadames and Our Secret, Siri Aang Chapter Five: White Supremacy in Isabelle Allende's Forest of the Pygmies Chapter Six: Anti-African Themes in "Liberal" Young Adult Novels Chapter Seven: Crime and Crime Syndicates in Many Stones and Zulu Dog Chapter Eight: "Doomed Races" in Elana Bregin's "Ella's Dunes" Chapter Nine: Disease and the "Darkest Africa" Myth: Novels about AIDS and Smallpox Chapter Ten: When the West Talks to Itself: Ethnocentricity in Nancy Farmer's "African" Novels Chapter Eleven: Child Soldiers and Survivors in Chanda's Wars Part III: Rewarding the Best Chapter Twelve: Out of Bounds and the Legacy of South African Child Martyrs Epilogue Selected Bibliography Index
Series Editor's Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Background Chapter One: "Darkest Africa": A Persistent Western Fantasy Chapter Two: Feminism in Africa: Complexities and Activism Chapter Three: Institutional Racism Part II: Neo-imperialist Stories, 1994-2008 Chapter Four: Eurocentric Feminism in The Shadows of Ghadames and Our Secret, Siri Aang Chapter Five: White Supremacy in Isabelle Allende's Forest of the Pygmies Chapter Six: Anti-African Themes in "Liberal" Young Adult Novels Chapter Seven: Crime and Crime Syndicates in Many Stones and Zulu Dog Chapter Eight: "Doomed Races" in Elana Bregin's "Ella's Dunes" Chapter Nine: Disease and the "Darkest Africa" Myth: Novels about AIDS and Smallpox Chapter Ten: When the West Talks to Itself: Ethnocentricity in Nancy Farmer's "African" Novels Chapter Eleven: Child Soldiers and Survivors in Chanda's Wars Part III: Rewarding the Best Chapter Twelve: Out of Bounds and the Legacy of South African Child Martyrs Epilogue Selected Bibliography Index
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