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African Women Writing Diaspora : Transnational Perspectives in the Twenty-First Century.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Transnational perspectives in the twenty-first century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African literature--21st century--History and criticism.
- African literature.
- African literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- African diaspora in literature.
- Women, Black, in literature.
- Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
- Electronic books.
- e-books.
- African literature--Women authors.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (147 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2021.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]
- Summary:
- African Women Writing Diaspora examines the works of contemporary African female writers through diaspora perspectives on the constructions of identity in transnational spaces. The collection interrogates the ways in which women construct new ways of telling the African story in the global age of social, economic, and political transformation.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Telling the African Story in the Global Age
- References
- Chapter 1: Memory, Identity, and Return in Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing
- Memory as History
- Resistance and Identity
- Reclaiming the Past
- Chapter 2: Malian Immigration in France: Perspectives from African Women Writers of French Expression
- Chapter 3: Waithood and Girlhood in NoViolet Bulawayo's We Need New Names
- Chapter 4: Sexuality, Resilience, and Mobility in Amma Darko's Beyond the Horizon and Chika Unigwe's On Black Sisters' Street
- Sexuality and Resiliency in Amma Darko's Beyond the Horizon
- Sexuality and Mobility in Chika Unigwe's On Black Sisters' Street
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5: Transnational African Women as Voices of Conscience: Aidoo's Our Sister Killjoy , Adichie's Americanah , and Atta's A Bit of Difference
- Theorizing Cultural Misrepresentations of African Women
- Transnational Feminist Aesthetics and the Selected Texts
- Mobility and Gaze
- Oppositional Consciousness and Voicing
- Comparative Perspective on Oppression
- Chapter 6: Local and Global Perspectives on Nigerian Women's Activism in News from Home by Sefi Atta
- Chapter 7: Breaking Mythical Barriers through a Feminist Engagement with Magical Realism
- Joseph Campbell's "Monomyth" and Archetypal Mythic Structure
- Conclusion: Shifting the Boundaries of African Women's Writing
- Index
- About the Contributors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-66698-383-7
- 1-7936-4244-3
- OCLC:
- 1238130160
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