White shadows : a dialectical view of the French African novel

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    • Yoder, Carroll

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White shadows : a dialectical view of the French African novel

by Carroll Yoder

(A three continents book)

Lynne Rienner, c1991

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-228) and index

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European colonists assumed the prerogative to interpret the experiences of their ""charges"" and to decide the legitimacy of Africans' creative expression. This text examines that assumption, discussing the racism, cultural chauvinism of 19th-century France as reflected in West African novels.

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