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Essential encounters / Therese Kuoh-Moukoury ; translated with an introduction by Cheryl Toman.
Van Pelt Library PQ3989.2.K83 R4613 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kuoh-Moukoury, Thérèse.
- Series:
- Texts and translations. Translations ; 10.
- Texts and translations
- Standardized Title:
- Recontres essentielles. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xxxii, 60 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Modern Langugage Association of America, 2002.
- Summary:
- Therese Kuoh-Moukoury, of Cameroon, wrote it "to inspire other women to write." Its story of love, infertility, a failed marriage, and adultery looks at both interpersonal connections and national politics from a feminist perspective.
- In the introduction the volume editor, Cheryl Toman, provides valuable background with a discussion of African matriarchy, past and present; ethnic groups in Cameroon; interracial relationships; and polygamy as it affects women's roles in the family and their interaction with one another.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages xxv-xxvii).
- ISBN:
- 0873527941
- OCLC:
- 48920964
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