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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
[2024]
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| 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.