Visions of womanhood in contemporary African literature / Blessing Diala-Ogamba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diala-Ogamba, Blessing, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African fiction (English)--20th century--History and criticism.

African fiction (English).

African fiction (English)--21st century--History and criticism.

Motion pictures--Africa--History.

Motion pictures.

Africa.

History.

Women in motion pictures.

Women in literature.

Women--Africa--Social conditions.

Women.

Social conditions.

Women--Social conditions.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xx, 165 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]

Summary:

"This book explores the history and evolution of women's roles in African society and literature. The author examines oral stories and biographies to show how colonialization worked to oppress women in Africa and studies contemporary African literature and film to reveal the ways women and their roles, both in fiction and reality, have progressed"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: SECTION 1 WOMEN'S IDENTITY AND SELF-AWARENESS

ch. 1 Oral Tradition in African Novels: An Analysis of Ezeigbo's The Last of the Strong Ones and Udoh's Martial Bliss

ch. 2 Technique and Form in Lilian Masitera's The Trail

ch. 3 Social Change and Women's Struggle in Zukiswa Wanner's The Madams

SECTION 2 PATRIARCHAL ABUSE AND LIBERATION

ch. 4 Hypocrisy and Patriarchal Abuse of Power in El Saadawi's God Dies by the Nile and The Fall of the Imam

ch. 5 From Oppression to Liberation: Women in Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North and Buchi Emecheta's Kehinde

SECTION 3 EXPLOITATION, WOMEN'S STRUGGLE, AND RESISTANCE

ch. 6 Race, Colonialism, and Resistance: The Women Left Behind in Lauretta Ncgobo's And They Didn't Die

ch. 7 The Formidable Emancipator in Meja Mwangi's Crossroads: The Last Plague

ch. 8 Behind the Veil: The Unyielding Protagonist in Nuruddin Farah's Knots

SECTION 4 GENDER AND LIBERATION IN PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY

ch. 9 Perception of Womanhood in Flora Nwapa's Novels

ch. 10 Resistance and Activism in Sembene Ousmane's God's Bits of Wood

ch. 11 Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexuality in Nigerian Movies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Diala-Ogamba, Blessing, 1956- Visions of womanhood in contemporary African literature

ISBN:

9781793644381

1793644381

OCLC:

1258675395

Publisher Number:

40030743621