Colonial legacies in francophone African literature : the school and the invention of the bourgeoisie / Mohamed Kamara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kamara, Mohamed, 1968- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature (French)--History and criticism.

African literature (French).

Postcolonialism in literature.

Education--Africa, French-speaking.

Education.

Social classes--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Social classes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 245 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024]

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 14, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Kamara, Mohamed, 1968- Colonial legacies in francophone African literature

ISBN:

9781793644459

1793644454

Publisher Number:

40032092461

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Restricted for use by site license.