Writing African Women
Zed Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85649-449-6 (ISBN)
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How does our understanding of African culture shift when we begin from the perspective of women? What can the African perspective offer theories of culture and of gender difference? This unique book brings together a wide variety of African academics to explore the links between literature, popular culture and theories of gender. The first part looks at the interaction of sexual politics and other polemics in the context of postcolonial Africa. The book then goes on to analyse African women's writing uncovering the ways in which different writers have approached, appropriated and subverted issues of female creativity, stereotypes of ?African Woman? and colonial history. The final part explores African popular culture including explorations of the gender dynamics of mask performance and oral story-telling.
* Part I: Theory and Politics ** 1. Reading Towards a Theorization of African Women's Writing: African Women Writers Within Feminist Gynocriticism - Nana Wilson-Tagoe ** 2. Masculinity: The Military, Women and Cultural Politics in Nigeria - Bayo Ogunjimi ** 3. Women's Role in Ghana's Social Development: a Short Statement - Akosua Gyamfuaa-Fofie * Part II:: Literatures ** 4. A Life on the women's Page: Treena Kwenta's Diary - Jane Bryce ** 5. Recovering Lost Voices: The Short Stories of Mabel - Dove-Danquah and Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang ** 6. Rewriting Popular Myths of Female Subordination: Selected Stories by Theodor Ezeigbo and May Ifeoma Nwoye - Chinyere Okafor ** 7. Gender Conflict in Flora Nwapa's Novels - Theodora Akachi Ezeigbo ** 8. Culture and Gender Semantics in Flora Nwapa's Poetry - Obododimma Oha ** 9. Behind the Veil in Northern Nigeria: The Writing of Zaynab Alkali and Hauwa Ali - Margaret Hauwa Kassam ** 10. The Onus of Womanhood: Mariama Bf and Zaynab Alkali - Ibiyemi Mojola ** 11. Narrative Technique and the Politics of Gender: Ama Ata Aidoo's Our Sister Killjoy and No Sweetness Here - Chioma Opara * Part III: Popular Culture ** 12. Hausa Women as Oral Storytellers in Nigeria - Sani Abba Aliyu ** 13. Gender Politics in West African Mask Performance - Chinyere Grace Okafor ** 14. Anatomy of Masculine Power: Three Perspectives on Marriage and Gender in Nigerian Non-Fiction - Stephanie Newell ** 15. Gender Tempered Through Metal: Women in Metal Casting in Benin City, Nigeria - Adepeju Layiwola
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.3.1997 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | African Culture Archive |
| Vorwort | Wendy Griswold |
| Zusatzinfo | Index |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-85649-449-7 / 1856494497 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-85649-449-6 / 9781856494496 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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