Middle Class America in Africa
This paper studies the American perception of a lack of modernity in the postcolonial world. As usual, the lack of modernity allows for an idealized, romanticized vision of a simpler life without the ugliness of modern, Western life. A large aspect of Theroux’s thesis concerns the need for Africa t...
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| Language: | Danish |
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Aalborg University Open Publishing
2012-08-01
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| Series: | Akademisk Kvarter |
| Online Access: | https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/ak/article/view/3279 |