This book argues that the novel can enrich the critique of white saviorism while also imagining alternatives.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781531505486
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Publication Date: 01-02-2024
Pages: 288
Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.00(d)
About the Author
Megan Cole Paustian is Associate Professor of English at North Central College.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction: The White Savior Narrative and the Third Sector Novel | 1
1. The Moral Cause | 33
2. The Emancipated African | 67
3. The Universal Human | 101
4. The Benevolent Gift | 134
5. The Nongovernmental Organization | 169
Epilogue: Rearticulating the Humanitarian Atlantic | 207
Acknowledgments | 215
Notes | 219
Works Cited | 251
Index | 267
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