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Writing African women : gender, popular culture, and literature in West Africa / edited by Stephanie Newell.
Van Pelt Library PR9340.5 .W74 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West African literature (English)--Women authors--History and criticism.
- West African literature (English).
- West African literature (English)--Male authors--History and criticism.
- Male authors.
- Women and literature--Africa, West--History.
- Women and literature.
- Popular culture--Africa, West--History.
- Popular culture.
- Authorship--Sex differences.
- Authorship.
- Sex role in literature.
- Women in literature.
- History.
- West African literature (English)--Women authors.
- West Africa.
- Physical Description:
- x, 204 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ : Zed Books, 1997.
- Summary:
- 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 diffferent 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1856494497
- 1856494500
- OCLC:
- 35924797
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