The Past is Present: The African-Canadian Experience in Lawrence Hills Fiction

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.The Past is Present: The African-Canadian Experience in Lawrence Hills Fiction 1st Edition is written by Christian Krampe and published by Peter Lang Gmb H, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. ISBNs for The Past is Present are 9783653022605, 3653022606 and the print ISBNs are 9783631625569, 3631625561.