Africa in Light in August (Location)

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Display Label: 
Africa
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OutOfYoknapatawpha
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Text (when unambiguous)
X: 
2514
Y: 
1370
Description: 

The only time "Africa" is mentioned in the novel, it's as an adjective and as a figure to suggest the absolute racial difference between 'white' and 'African': according to the narrative, the white man whom Joe finds sitting on Bobbie's bed might have been Max's brother, "in the sense that any two white men strayed suddenly into an African village might look like brothers to them who live there" (214). Given the immediate context - the perspective of Joe Christmas, who never knows if he is 'white' or 'Negro,' and whose "parchmentcolored" skin does not help him resolve the uncertainty (120) - the use of "Africa" here is striking.

Role: 
Only Mentioned in Text
Status: 
Continuous
Types: 
Continent; African Country
Sort Name: 
Africa

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