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The Past is Present

The African-Canadian Experience in Lawrence Hill’s Fiction

by Christian Krampe (Author)
©2013 Thesis 326 Pages
Series: Canadiana, Volume 11

Summary

The Black tile in Canada’s mosaic has long been neglected – in historiography, literary criticism and public discourse. African-Canadian literature sets out to correct this absence. This study provides an in-depth look into the fiction of one of African-Canadian literature’s foremost writers, Lawrence Hill. His novels provide a counter-memory, an antidote to the forgetfulness and neglect which often characterize Canada’s attitude towards its Black minority both past and present. Dominant collective memory versions are thus corrected to reflect a more faithful Canadian mosaic. Whether it is the enslavement of Blacks in Canada, de facto segregation or racial profiling – Hill narrates histories which have rarely been told before. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive analysis of Hill’s historical fictions.

Details

Pages
326
Publication Year
2013
ISBN (PDF)
9783653022605
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783631625569
DOI
10.3726/978-3-653-02260-5
Language
English
Publication date
2012 (October)
Keywords
Afro-kanadische Literatur Black Canadian Literature Kollektives Gedächtnis Lawrence Hill
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2012. 326 pp., 4 tables, 2 graphs
Product Safety
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Biographical notes

Christian Krampe (Author)

Christian J. Krampe taught North American literature and culture at the University of Trier (Germany). He now teaches English and Social Sciences at a high school in Westphalia. His publications include articles on Canadian and US literature as well as teaching English as a foreign language.

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