Humanitarian fictions : Africa, altruism, and the narrative imagination /

"Humanitarianism has a narrative problem. Far too often, aid to Africa is envisioned through a tale of Western heroes saving African sufferers. While labeling white savior narratives has become a familiar gesture, it doesn't tell us much about the story as story. Humanitarian Fictions aims...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paustian, Megan Cole, 1984- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the white savior narrative and the third sector novel
  • The moral cause
  • The emancipated African
  • The universal human
  • The benevolent gift
  • The nongovernmental organization
  • Epilogue : rearticulating the humanitarian Atlantic.