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Weary Sons of Conrad poses the question, how is Africa represented in some late twentieth-century European and North American fiction written by white men? Its contribution is to unearth a rich treasure of such fiction that opposes imperialism and struggles with patriarchy and gender stereotypes. These writers go to battle against the stranglehold of myths about Africa, its lands, and its people, which are deeply embedded in the language itself. The writers struggle for new tongues and original ways of telling their stories but cannot be totally free of history, family, language, and tradition. Written in a lively, accessible style, this book is of great interest to a broad range of readers in the fields of postcolonial literary theory, gender, and cultural and African studies.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Weary Sons of Conrad
• Subtitle: White Fiction Against the Grain of Africa's Dark Heart
• Author: Brenda Cooper
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344
• EAN: 9780820456829
• ISBN: 9780820456829
• ID: 10029509
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Weight: 488 g
• Dimensions: 155 × 228 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 04. September 2002

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