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BL
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981914
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b736284
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| Main Entry
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Mathers, Kathryn Frances.
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| Title & Author
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Travel, humanitarianism, and becoming American in Africa /\ Kathryn Mathers.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2010.
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| Page. NO
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xi, 223 pages ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0230108067
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: 9780230108066
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214) and index.
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| Contents
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Moving fieldwork : traveling with Americans to and from Africa -- Vexed ties : Africa in and out of America -- Back to nature : Americans' great African adventure -- Through the glass : encountering the unexpected in Africa -- Disrupting the hyphen : identity and belonging in America -- "How do they know I am American?" Travel and the discovery of home -- Suffering beauty : how to save Africa without changing it -- Conclusion : Saving Africa : love in the time of Oprah.
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The author uses observations of American travelers to southern Africa to ask: why is Africa so important to Americans? These travel stories show how encounters with Africans lead to a problematic desire to save Africa. The author argues that this is then seen as a way to resolve the tensions between aspirations for a globally responsible America and the current reality of its geopolitical role.
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Americans-- Travel-- Africa.
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Group identity-- United States.
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Humanitarianism-- Political aspects-- United States.
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Americans-- Travel.
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Group identity.
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Humanitarianism-- Political aspects.
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International relations.
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Africa, Relations, United States.
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United States, Relations, Africa.
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Africa.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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303.48/26073
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| LC Classification
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DT38.1.M36 2010
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