Theories of Africans
Francophone Literature and Anthropology in Africa
338 pages
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4 halftones
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6.00 x 9.00
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© 1990
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Reading through Western Eyes
2. Ethnicity and Ethics
3. Orality through Literacy: Mande Verbal Art after the Letter
Appendix: Caste in the Novel
4. L’Enfant noir, Totemism, and Suspended Animism
5. Les Soleils des indépendances and Francophone Dialogue
6. Senegalese Women Writers, Silence, and Letters: Before the Canon’s Roar
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
1. Introduction: Reading through Western Eyes
2. Ethnicity and Ethics
3. Orality through Literacy: Mande Verbal Art after the Letter
Appendix: Caste in the Novel
4. L’Enfant noir, Totemism, and Suspended Animism
5. Les Soleils des indépendances and Francophone Dialogue
6. Senegalese Women Writers, Silence, and Letters: Before the Canon’s Roar
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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