CONTACT ZONES IN NARRATIVE LITERATURE: CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN SHORT STORIES

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World political, economic, social and environmental crises have exacerbated monoculturalism, nativism, and the recurrent problems of identity construction, belonging and citizenship. This interesting book addresses these issues through its in-depth analysis of contact zones in narrative literature. It compares short stories by well-known Native American writers with those of their African counterparts in order to examine the similarities between African and Native American storytelling traditions on the one hand, and on the other hand, to probe into the interrelation between social consciousness, national consciousness and multiculturalism. This comparative study is a great contribution to American Literature, African Literature, Comparative Literature, Oral Literature, Cultural and Postcolonial Studies. Contact Zones in Narrative Literature: Contemporary African and Native American Short Stories is a gripping read.