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Title:

THE PAST IS PRESENT
THE AFRICAN-CANADIAN EXPERIENCE IN LAWRENCE HILL'S FICTION

By:

Christian J. Krampe

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

3631625561

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9783631625569

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Publisher:

PETER LANG AG

Pub. date:

18 October, 2012

Series:

Canadiana 11

Pages:

326

Description:

This study provides an in-depth look into the fiction of one of African-Canadian literature's foremost writers, Lawrence Hill. It is the first to provide a comprehensive analysis of Hill's historical fictions which narrates histories rarely told before - whether it is the enslavement of blacks in Canada, de facto segregation or racial profiling.

Synopsis:

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.

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Switzerland

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Peter Lang AG

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