Post-colonial and African American women's writing : a critical introduction / Gina Wisker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wisker, Gina, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commonwealth literature (English)--Women authors--History and criticism.

Women and literature--Commonwealth countries--History--20th century.

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American literature--African American authors.

Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

Postcolonialism.

History.

American literature--Women authors.

Commonwealth literature (English)--Women authors.

Commonwealth literature (English).

United States.

American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Commonwealth countries--In literature.

Commonwealth countries.

Decolonization in literature.

Postcolonialism--History.

Physical Description:

viii, 376 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, [2000]

Summary:

This accessible and unusually wide-ranging book is essential reading for anyone interested in post-colonial and African American women's writing. It provides a valuable gender and culture inflected, critical introduction to well established women writers: Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Margaret Atwood, Suniti Namjoshi, Bessie Head, and others from the US, India, Africa, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and introduces emergent women writers from South East Asia, Cyprus, and Oceania. Engaging with and clarifying contested critical areas of feminism and the post-colonial; exploring historical background and cultural context: discussing economic, political, and psychoanalytic influences on gender and experience, it provides a cohesive discussion of key issues such as cultural and gendered identity, motherhood, mothertongue, language, relationships, women's economic constraints, and sexual politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-370) and index.

ISBN:

031223287X

0312232888

OCLC:

43036790