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The Dark Continent?

- Images of Africa in European Narratives about the Congo
Af: Frits Andersen Engelsk Indbundet

The Dark Continent?

- Images of Africa in European Narratives about the Congo
Af: Frits Andersen Engelsk Indbundet
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Africa: a forgotten continent that evades all attempts at control and transcends reason. Or does it? This book describes Europe's image of Africa and relates how the conception of the Dark Continent has been fabricated in European culture - with the Congo as an analytical focal point. It also demonstrates that the myth was more than a creation of colonial propaganda; the Congo reform movement - the first international human rights movement - spread horror stories that still have repercussions today.

The book cross-examines a number of witness testimonies, reports and novels, from Stanley's travelouges and Conrad's Heart of Darkness to Hergé's Tintin and Burroughs' Tarzan, as well as recent Danish and international Congo literature. The Dark Continent? proposes that the West's attitudes to Africa regarding free trade, emergency aid and intervention are founded on the literary historical assumptions of stories and narrative forms that have evolved since 1870.

The Dark Continent? udkom på dansk under titlen Det mørke kontinent? Afrikabilleder i europæiske fortællinger om Congo i 2010.

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Africa: a forgotten continent that evades all attempts at control and transcends reason. Or does it? This book describes Europe's image of Africa and relates how the conception of the Dark Continent has been fabricated in European culture - with the Congo as an analytical focal point. It also demonstrates that the myth was more than a creation of colonial propaganda; the Congo reform movement - the first international human rights movement - spread horror stories that still have repercussions today.

The book cross-examines a number of witness testimonies, reports and novels, from Stanley's travelouges and Conrad's Heart of Darkness to Hergé's Tintin and Burroughs' Tarzan, as well as recent Danish and international Congo literature. The Dark Continent? proposes that the West's attitudes to Africa regarding free trade, emergency aid and intervention are founded on the literary historical assumptions of stories and narrative forms that have evolved since 1870.

The Dark Continent? udkom på dansk under titlen Det mørke kontinent? Afrikabilleder i europæiske fortællinger om Congo i 2010.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 692
ISBN-13: 9788771248531
Indbinding: Indbundet
Udgave: 1
ISBN-10: 8771248536
Udg. Dato: 8 jan 2016
Længde: 59mm
Bredde: 166mm
Højde: 252mm
Forlag: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Oplagsdato: 8 jan 2016
Forfatter(e): Frits Andersen
Forfatter(e) Frits Andersen


Kategori Litteraturhistorie og kritik


ISBN-13 9788771248531


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Indbundet


Sider 692


Udgave 1


Længde 59mm


Bredde 166mm


Højde 252mm


Udg. Dato 8 jan 2016


Oplagsdato 8 jan 2016


Forlag Aarhus Universitetsforlag

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