Mohamed Kamara

Colonial Legacies in Francophone African Literature

The School and the Invention of the Bourgeoisie

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes the representation and lasting impact of the colonial school and bourgeoise in Francophone sub-Saharan literature. Contending that the so-called indigenous colonial bourgeoisie was invented by the colonizer through the school, Kamara interrogates the policie...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2023
• Abmessung: 160mm x 236mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 538g
• ISBN-13: 9781793644442
• ISBN-10: 1793644446
• Artikelnr.: 68887996

Autorenporträt

By Mohamed Kamara

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Colonialism, Colonial Education, and the Invention of a
Subaltern Class
Chapter 1: Pedagogy of the Colonized: Theories, Ideologies, and Policies of
the Colonial School in Francophone Black Africa
Chapter 2: From Theory to Practice: The Colonial School in Francophone
African Literature
Chapter 3: Making Good Wives and Good Mothers: The Education of Women in
Colonial West Africa
Chapter 4: When Slaves, Bastards, and Dogs Rule: The Colonial School as
Agent of Social Transformation
Chapter 5: The Colonial School and the Emergence of New African Types
Chapter 6: Reality or Invention? Literary Representation of the Bourgeoisie
on Trial
Conclusion: A Literature of Failure
Bibliography
About the Author