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1 online resource |
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| Contents |
War narratives and African children -- False combat and adolescent life writing -- Combat as backdrop in young adult life writing -- Narrative uncertainty in child soldier fiction -- Fictional dystopias in child soldier narratives. |
| Summary |
"This book argues that the dominant literary mode that characterizes memoirs and novels about African child soldiers is ambiguity. It explores memoirs, such as Keitetsi's Child Soldier; Mehari's Heart of Fire; Beah's A Long Way Gone; Jal's and Davies's War Child; Akallo's and McDonnell's Girl Soldier; and Kamara's and McClelland's A Bite of the Mango, and compares these accounts with novels, such as Kourouma's Allah is Not Obliged; Dongala's Johnny Mad Dog; Iweala's Beasts of No Nation; Jarrett-Macauley's Moses, Citizen, and Me; Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun; and Abani's Song for Night"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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African literature. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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Ambiguity in literature.
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Ambiguity in literature. |
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Child soldiers in literature.
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Child soldiers in literature. |
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Child soldiers -- Africa -- Personal narratives -- History and criticism.
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Child soldiers. |
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Africa. |
| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives.
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| Subject |
LITERARY CRITICISM / General. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Personal narratives.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781611863758 1611863759 9781628954104 1628954108 9781628964110 1628964111 (DLC) 2019049199 (OCoLC)1126351072 |
| ISBN |
9781609176495 (electronic book) |
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1609176499 (electronic book) |
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9781611863758 |
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1611863759 |
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9781628954104 |
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1628954108 |
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9781628964110 |
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1628964111 |
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