White women writers and their African invention /

''A pioneering book ... original in its arguments, thorough in its presentation of the complex contexts of the white woman writer in Africa, and sophisticated in its set of readings and in its combination of biography, social history, and criticism.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lewis, Simon, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2003.
Temas:
Schreiner, Olive, > 1855-1920 > Knowledge > Africa.
Dinesen, Isak, > 1885-1962 > Knowledge > Africa.
Schreiner, Olive, > 1855-1920 > Et l'Afrique.
Dinesen, Isak, > 1885-1962 > Et l'Afrique.
Dinesen, Isak, > 1885-1962.
Schreiner, Olive, > 1855-1920.
1900-1999
Women and literature > Africa > History > 20th century.
Authors, South African > 20th century > Biography.
Authors, Danish > 20th century > Biography.
Women, White > Africa > Biography.
Femmes et littérature > Afrique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Écrivains sud-africains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Écrivains danois > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Blanches > Afrique > Biographies.
Afrique dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authors, Danish.
Authors, South African.
Intellectual life.
Literature.
Women and literature.
Women, White.
Letterkunde.
Engels.
Deens.
Vrouwelijke auteurs.
Boerderijen.
Africa > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Africa > In literature.
Afrique > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Afrique > Dans la littérature.
Africa.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1: "I"
  • 1. The invention of the "I"
  • 2. Of masquerades and masks: miming and alterity
  • 3. The childless mother and motherless child, or the orphanhood of the white woman writer in Africa
  • Part 2: "Had a farm"
  • 4. Stories of African farms and the politics of landscape
  • 5. Culture, cultivation, and colonialism in Out of Africa and beyond
  • 6. Violence and voluntarism: the will to power and the will to die
  • Part 3: "In Africa"
  • 7. X-ing out Africa to produce something new
  • 8. Graves with a view: atavism and the European history of Africa.

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