Neo-imperialism in children's literature about Africa : a study of contemporary fiction / Yulisa Amadu Maddy and Donnarae MacCann.

Author/creator Maddy, Yulisa Amadu
Other author MacCann, Donnarae.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2009.
Descriptionxiii, 175 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesChildren's literature and culture
Children's literature and culture. ^A1008050
Contents "Darkest Africa": a persistent Western fantasy -- Feminism in Africa: complexities and activism -- Institutional racism -- Eurocentric feminism in The shadows of Ghadames and Our secret, Siri Aang -- White supremacy in Isabel Allende's Forest of the pygmies -- Anti-African themes in "liberal" young adult novels -- Crime and crime syndicates in Many stones and Zulu dog -- "Doomed races" in Elana Bregin's "Ella's dunes" -- Disease and the "darkest Africa" myth: novels about AIDS and smallpox -- When the West talks to itself: ethnocentricity in Nancy Farmer's "African" novels -- Child soldiers and survivors in Chanda's wars -- Out of bounds and the legacy of South African child martyrs.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 165-168) and index.
LCCN 2008023900
ISBN9780415993906
ISBN0415993903

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PN 1009.5.A47 M34 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold