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African Settings in Contemporary American Novels
Dave Kuhne
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African Settings in Contemporary American Novels

Dave Kuhne Dave Kuhne

May 1999

Praeger

Series: Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies: Contemporary Black Poets

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Demonstrates that Africa has become a popular and powerful setting for American novels written since World War II, examines how these works use African settings, and reassesses the traditional views of Africa found in Anglo-American literature.

Africa has long captured the Western imagination as a land shrouded in danger and mystery. British and American novels written before World War II established popular conventions and stereotypes about Africa that have been increasingly challenged by contemporary American novels set in Africa. Kuhne's book overviews the ways in which Africa has been employed as a powerful setting for American novels written since World War II. Kuhne argues that contemporary American novels with African settings are largely didactic, that these novels convey specific lessons about Africa and Africans, and that they compare African and American cultures in order to evaluate and critique the two worlds.

The book begins by summarizing the conventions and themes Westerners have traditionally associated with Africa and by detailing how British and American authors from Aphra Behn to Ernest Hemingway depicted Africa before World War II. It then looks at contemporary American novels set in invented African nations, novels that typically suggest that the problems that trouble actual African nations are the result of colonialism. A separate chapter then examines the African novels of African Americans, which generally aim to correct the historical record, refute stereotypes, and detail the horrors of the slave trade. The volume also looks at genre fiction set in Africa, while a final chapter discusses postcolonial novels with African settings.
Preface
Africa: What Place Is This?
Antecedents: African Settings in British and American Fiction Before World War II
Filling in the Blank Space: Contemporary American Novels Set in Invented African Nations
Black on Black: African-American Novels with African Settings
Genre Africa
Africa: Postmodern, Postcolonial, and "Other" Wise
Conclusions: African--A Continent of Words
Bibliography
Index




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