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The Nation Writ Small : African Fictions and Feminisms, 1958-1988
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Andrade, Susan Z.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African literature--History and criticism--Women authors--20th century.
- African literature.
- African literature--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- North Carolina : Duke University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Challenging the notion that Africa s first women novelists were uninterested in postcolonial politics, Susan Z. Andrade shows that in their allegorical fiction, the family stood for the nation.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Joys of Daughterhood: Achebe, Nwapa, Emecheta; 2. The Loved and the Left: Sembène, Bâ, Sow Fall; 3. Bildung in Formation and Deformation: Dangarembga and Farah; 4. Bildung at Its Boundaries: Djebar, Two Ways; Conclusion; Selected Chronology of African Novels; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Okt 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9786613317186
- 9781283317184
- 1283317184
- 9780822393740
- 0822393743
- OCLC:
- 760279866
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